Meteorology Phase 1

Meteorology Phase 1 

1. Track, Path, trough, vertex, Dangerous and Navigable semicircle, Dangerous quadrant
2. Why speed of TRS increase after recurve
3. Formation, structure, development, decay of TRS
4. Why is the name given as dangerous quadrant.
5. Action in case of TRS
6. Why TRS is usually form on westerly extremities of ocean.
7. Condition required for formation of TRS. 
8. Warning sign of TRS
9. What are the isobaric pattern associated of TRS (Low and Secondary Low)

Ocean Currents  ( USE WORLD MAP TO LEARN OCEAN CURRENTS)

1. Causes of Ocean Current
2. Current of south Atlantic ocean
3. What is Gradient  and Upwelling current 
4. what current are encountered by ship in a voyage from Liverpool to cape town
5. Current in Meditarean sea
6. Cause of South west Monsoon
7. Direction of current in Arabian sea
8. Formation of Kuroshio current in North pacific ocean
9. Identify 2 major current and write short notes on them.

Weather routeing 

1. Synoptic , Prognosis , Wave and Ice chart
2. Mafor
3. Wind rose
4. Method used onboard for weather routeing
5. Ship weather routeing (Objective, Factors and Process)
6. Describe Ship performance curve
7. Optimum routeing (Objective and how to achieve) 
8. Difference between weather routeing and climatological routeing

Winds

1. Gradient and Geostropic wind
2. Buy Ballot Law
3. Pressure gradient 
4. Stability of atmosphere.

Waves 

1. Wave spectrum
2. Wave length, frequency, period etc

Ice

1. Formation of sea ice, factor
2. Fast Ice \Pack ice
3. Precaution when navigating in ice 
4. Report to make when encountering ice at sea 
5. Difference between sea ice and Iceberg
6. Duties of master when such condition are encountered
7. Ice acceration ( what, conditions and mechanism)
8. International Ice patrol 

Note

1. Please note below topics has been taken from Previous year paper
2. Please refer MMD SYLLABUS AND PAPER FOR COMPLETE PREPERATION.

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