Meteorology Road Map

Books to refer - I.C Joshi & Oxford.

Preference – I.C Joshi
Tot. Chapters – 29
Chapters to refer – 26
Exclude Chapters – 3;
Those are….
Chapter-22 Weather Radar & Met Satellite.
Chapter - 27 Radar report, Sigmet message and Satellite Bulletin.
Chapter - 29 Flight Forecast.

(Try to complete all Small Chapters in a Single day, like for example chapter 1-5
all these are pretty familiar and straight forward. Likewise, Chapter No. 6/13 /
19 are pretty Vast, just go with the Flow).

Some Imp. Topics to cover from each chapter

1. Atmosphere,
% of constituents of Nitrogen, Oxygen and Other gases
Ratio of Nitrogen and Oxygen with respect to weight and volume
Sensible heat and latent heat and their %
Characteristics of different layers of atmosphere(One Qn)
ISA deviation full
(MANY QUESTIONS WILL BE ASKED FROM THIS CHAPTER ALONE)
2. PRESSURE
Pressure variation with altitude (if they ask any met question in NAV Paper,
then higher chances they'll ask from pressure itself)
Contour definition
*By heart the standard isobaric levels chart
Altimeter variation with temperature and pressure change H-L-H & L-H-L(One
Qn)

3. Temperature
Conduction / convection / radiation / Insolation
E T⁴, Solar radiation constituents IR/Visible/UV

4. DENSITY
Direct definition of density, density altitude relation with temperature and
pressure

5. Humidity
Relative humidity and absolute humidity
Dew point based questions
Relative humidity change with temperature and altitude.

6. Wind (Vast Chapter)

Gust / Lulls/ Squall/ Gale(One Qn)
Backing and Veering
Coriolis force on wind movement in Northern hemisphere and Southern
hemisphere
Effect of Coriolis force
Types of wind/ turbulence mainly wake turbulence was asked(Might ask in
Nav)
Local winds ~ Anabatic and Katabatic and Fohn winds(One Qn).
7. Visibility and Fog
RVR definition or Qn's based on RVR
Haze/ Mist/ Fog - Visibility (Very Imp. )
Types of fog - Advection and radiation(One Qn)

8. Clouds (Vast Topic)

Convergence and Divergence
How clouds are formed by different methods like frontal lifting/ Oreographic
lifting/ Due to low pressure.
Types of clouds
Clouds in stratosphere and Mesosphere(One Qn).
(By heart all the properties of each clouds and their Heights) Etc.
CB cloud main(don't confuse it with Cumulus Cloud)
Cloud amount 1-2/8 3-4/8 5-7/8 8/8.

9. Stability and instability

Relationship between DALR - ELR - SLR(One Qn)
under stability and instability criteria
Inversion layer

10. Optical phenomenon:-

Halo is present in Ciro-Stratus cloud due to Refraction
Corona is present in Alto-stratus due to diffraction
Bishop's ring ka radius
Northern lights and Southern lights

11. Precipitation
Just glance different theory’s behind Rain,
What is Sleet/ Cloud burst (One Q.n)
12. Icing
Different types of icing their and classification
Engine Icing

13. Thunderstorm
The various trigger action
The different stages of formation of thunderstorm (One Qn) Different
types of turbulence (Light/Moderate / Heavy) (One Qn)
Classification of Dust Storm was asked...
Norwesters.

14. Fronts
Different types of Air masses & their properties (One Q.n). Whether
change Ahead - At - After passage of Cold/Warm Front's Origination
of Western disturbance.

15. Tropical systems

What is ITCZ Zone,
Peninsular discontinuity
Eye and Eye-Wall(One Qn)

16. Jet streams

What is a jet stream
Path followed by a jet stream
Sub Tropical(STJ) and Tropical Jet(TJ) streams (One Q.n)

17. CAT and Mountain Waves

~ CAT occurs on fringe of jet stream
Hysteresis effect
Wind property required for the formation of waves around Small and Large
Mountain(One Qn).
The worst wind movement is found in/near which cloud - Rotor Cloud.

19. Climatology of India (Huge!!)

Very Vast. Just complete 5Videos of 'Blue Skies and Tail Wind' YouTube
Channel.
Search - "Climatology by Tailwind" on YouTube.

20. General Circulation

Trade winds
The three cell model of general circulation

21. Meteorological services

METAR/SPECI/TAF/ AIREP/ SIGMET and their Validity(One Qn).
National SIGWX Chart
VOLMET Chart
Different types of TS

22. Just glance Once

23. Just glance Once

24. Station Models(Very Imp) 1-2Q.n's

Everything including 'cloud classification'

25. MET Report

Decoding METAR/ TAF / SPECI Reports(Two Q.n’s)
What is CAVOK
TIP:- Do refer all the videos of Blue Skies and Tailwind
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