Meteorology

Resources

Marty Robitaille

Job Title

Hovercraft Captain

Weather: Wind

Learn what causes wind and how to measure it.

Weather: Atmospheric Pressure

Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, atmospheric pressure, pressure systems and fronts.

Environment Videos

Soonwoong Kwon

Job Title

Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS)

Soonwoong Kwon is a Tactical Weather Specialist (TWS) for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Joint Meteorological Centre (JMT).

Keven Bruce

Job Title

Tactical Weather Specialist

Kevin Bruce is a Tactical Weather Specialist for the Canadian Armed Forces.

Holly Wortman

Job Title

Meteorological Technician

Holly Wortman is a Meteorological Technician for the Canadian Armed Forces.

Alan Bezanson

Job Title

Senior Meteorological Instructor

Alan Bezanson is a Senior Meteorological Instructor for the Canadian Forces School of Meteorology.

Weather: Cirrus Clouds

5 images of cirrus clouds that are wispy or feather-like clouds at high level, made of ice crystals and may indicate an approaching storm

Careers: Meteorologist

4 images of some work that a meteorologist might do such as forecasting the weather and analyzing clouds

Tools: Weather Instruments

15 images of various instruments such as rain gauges, wind vanes and weather satellites used to inform us about the weather

Why is the weather so hard to predict?

Meteorologists use computer models to predict the weather. Learn why, despite advances in computer science, meteorologists still get it wrong sometimes.

Why is it colder in the winter even though the Earth is closer to the Sun?

Learn why we have seasons in this hands on activity.

Weather: Stratus Clouds

5 images of stratus clouds that cover a wide horizontal layer in the sky at low level and are often associated with rain or drizzle

Weather: Snow

10 images of some snowflake crystals and some winter scenes with snow

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