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09/23/2009
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| Monday Lecture | Wednesday Lecture | Friday Lecture | Discussion Section | |
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| Week 0 | September 25 Intro/Ch. 1: Course Syllabus Review; Weather and Climate definitions (pp. 2-23) |
No discussion sections this week | ||
| Week 1 | September 28 Ch. 1: Weather Maps; Units of Measurement Ch. 2: Atmospheric Composition (pp. 30-45) |
September 30 Ch. 2: Vertical Temperature, Density, and Pressure Structure; Atmospheric Layers Lecture Quiz #1 |
October 2 |
Hello! Expectations, policies, preview of course |
| Week 2 | October 5 Ch. 3: Sensible and Latent Heat; Global Energy Balance and Albedo (pp. 66-77) |
October 7 |
October 9 Ch, 4: Temperature cont.; Thermometers Ch. 5: Water and the Hydrologic Cycle (pp. 122-125) |
Discussion Quiz #1; Review of atmospheric structure, composition; temperature |
| Week 3 | October 12 Ch. 5: Specific Humidity; Saturation; Relative Humidity and Dew Point (pp. 126-129) |
October 14 Ch. 5: Hygrometers; Heat Index; Adiabatic Processes; Condensation (pp. 129-132) Lecture Quiz #2 |
October 16 Ch. 5: Condensation; Cloud Types (pp. 133-135) Take-home Quiz #1 distributed |
Review of energy and temperature |
| Week 4 | October 19 Ch. 5: Fog and Cloud Formation (pp. 136-137, 141-144) Take-home Quiz #1 due |
October 21 Ch. 5: Cloud Formation cont.; Precipitation Formation (pp. 138-141) |
October 23 Ch. 5 : Precipitation Formation cont.; Precipitation Types (pp. 144-148) |
Discussion Quiz #2; Review of humidity |
| Week 5 | October 26 Ch. 5: Precipitation Types cont.; Precipitation Measurement |
October 28 Ch. 6: Wind Measurement; Pressure Gradient Force; Local Wind Systems (pp. 156-165) |
October 30 |
More review of humidity, precipitation; review for Exam #1 |
| Week 6 | November 2 Ch. 6: Coriolis Force; Geostrophic Winds; Surface Winds and Friction (pp. 166-174) |
November 4 Ch. 6: Divergence and Convergence (pp. 175-176) Ch. 7: Global Circulation at the Earth's Surface (pp. 182-188) Lecture Quiz #3 |
November 6 Ch. 7:Global Pressure and Precipitation Patterns; Winds Aloft and Jet Streams (pp. 188-201) |
Discussion Quiz #3; Review of forces |
| Week 7 | November 9 Ch. 7: Jet Streams cont.; Ocean Structure; Surface Currents (pp. 201-206) |
November 11 Veteran's Day Holiday (no classes) |
Novmeber 13 Ch. 7: Deep Ocean Circulation; Heat and Moisture Transport; El Niño Phenomenon (pp. 206-211, 358-362) Take-home Quiz #2 distributed |
Review of global circulation |
| Week 8 | November 16 Ch. 8: Air Masses; Fronts (pp. 218-224) Take-home Quiz #2 due |
November 18 Ch. 8: Midlatitude Cyclones; Upper Air Disturbances vs. Cyclones (pp. 225-232) Lecture Quiz #4 |
November 20 |
Discussion Quiz #4; review of oceanic circulation |
| Week 9 | November 23 Ch. 9: Tropical Cyclone Structure and Tracks (pp. 246-255) |
November 25 Ch. 10: Thunderstorms (pp. 270-283) |
November 27 |
No discussion sections this week |
| Week 10 | November 30 Ch. 10: Thunderstorms cont.; Tornadoes (pp. 284-292) Take-home Quiz #3 distributed |
December 2 Professor Evaluations Ch. 15: Forecasting (pp. 414-436) Take-home Quiz #3 due Lecture Quiz #5 |
December 4 Ch. 15: Forecasting cont. |
TA Evaluations; review for Exam #2 |
| Finals Week | Wednesday, December 9 EXAM #2 3:00-5:00 pm Location(s) TBA |
Lecture Quizzes #6 and #7 are "unscheduled"---they can occur at any time during the quarter.
As we fall behind in the schedule, we may end up skipping ch. 9 and 15 (tropical cyclones and forecasting).