Written Assignment including:

• Recognition and explanation of meteorological symbols and abbreviations;
• Discussion in essay form,of a particular meteorological phoenomina

This assignment requires students to identify and apply meteorological symbols and abbreviatoins that are used in the day to day presentation of weather and forecasts as sighted by the aviation industry. Familiarity with these elements enable you to perform the preflight duties required of pilots prior to flight.

You will be required to present, in essay form, a particular feature of meteorology after undertaking the necessary research and applicaiotn of knowlege acquired during the semester. You must be able to identify the initial factors of development, impact of the phenomina on flight operations and subsequent dissipation/passing of the phenomina.

This assignment must be submitted in Turnitin in moodle.

Your assignment must be produced in electronic format (either as (a) a single page word-processed document, (b) single page Publisher document saved in a pdf format, or (c) as a single PowerPoint slide saved in a pdf format) and should be submitted through the assessment link in Moodle, by uploading your file following the on-screen instructions. Note; that all submissions are processed through the similarity detection software (called Turnitin), hence the requirement to submit the Publisher or Powerpoint documents as pdf files. You must ensure that all of the work is your own, in line with University requirements.

You must ensure that all of the work submitted is your own, in line with University Policy requirements.

High distinction standard

* the answer is very well written and clearly expressed

* there is a demonstrated appreciation and understanding of the issues involved

* the answer is well structured and logically organised

* demonstrated mastery of referencing system

* there is evidence of a comprehensive analysis of the issues

* conclusions are backed by well-reasoned arguments demonstrating a detailed insight and analysis of issues

* comprehensive coverage of all relevant issues

Distinction standard

* the answer is well written and expressed

* the answer is structured and logical

* the issues have been reasonably well identified and appreciated

* there is correct use of referencing

* issues have been analysed

** there is a comprehensive coverage of the issues

Credit standard

*the answer is generally well written and expressed

* the answer is structured and sequential

* referencing is satisfactory

* issues are identified and addressed

* there has been an attempt to analyse some of the issues

* the coverage of issues is reasonably comprehensive often with a good treatment and analysis of

particular points

* depth of treatment is often lacking in some of the issues.

Pass standard

* the answer is able to be followed and understood

* the answer could perhaps be better organised and structured

* the referencing may need improvement

* issues may need to be identified and addressed in more depth

* analysis when present may be incorrect

* sometimes the conclusions reached are simple

* there may be quantities of material of marginal relevance included in the answer.

Fail standard

* the answer may be significantly short of the required length

* the written expression is poor and difficult to understand

* the answer is poorly organised

* there has been a failure to identify and address the issues in the question

* referencing is generally inadequate

* the reasoning and application demonstrated is poor

* frequently there is much irrelevant material.