ATSEP-BASIC-METEOROLGY (BAS-MET)
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1. Why is Meteorol- Meteorological service for safety, regularity and efficiency
ogy important for of international air navigation
aviation?
2. Does pressure It decreases because more atmosphere is below us when
increase or de- we climb up.
crease when
climbing ?
3. At sea lev- 1 kg
el: How much
weight does 1 cu-
bic metre of air
have ?
4. Why does an Because air would underly changes in temperature and
aeronoid barom- therefore cause inaccuracy
eter have a vacu-
um in its vacuum
chamber ?
5. What is the at- 1013.25 hPa
mospheric stan-
dard pressure ?
(ICAO)
6. What is the at- 15°C
mospheric stan-
dard tempera-
ture according to
ICAO ?
7. is the atmos- 0%
pheric standard
humidity accord-
ing to ICAO ?
8. What is the at- 0.6°C per 100 m
mospheric stan-
dard lapse rate
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for temperature
according to
ICAO?
9. What is the at- At MSL 1.225 kg/m³
mospheric stan-
dard density ac-
cording to ICAO
?
10. Why is it neces- Because the altimeter indicates the vertical distance be-
sary to set the tween measured and the subscale pressure (pressure
subscale pres- differs depending where you are) value. Therefore you
sure for an al- have to set it for your location in order to get the correct
timeter ? height in your area.
11. Does the altime- It depends whether you set it to the pressure on MSL. If
ter show the you don't it will show the height relative to the pressure
height relative to you've set it.
the Mean Sea
Level (MSL)?
12. What does MSL Mean Sea Level
mean ?
13. How does tem-
perature affect
the air density
and pressure ?
14. How does the Altitude will decrease. There's a saying that goes like:
true altitude From high to low look out below. If you don't adjust your
change during a altimeter you might just hit a mountain.
flight from high
to low pres-
sure when using
a constant sub-
scale setting ?
15. What is QFE ?
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