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01/06/2012
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| Monday Lecture | Wednesday Lecture | Friday Lecture | Discussion Section | |
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| Week 1 | January 9 Introduction/Overview Ch. 1: Weather, Atmospheric Composition (pp. 4-13) |
January 11 Ch. 1: Atmospheric Composition cont.; Vertical Temperature Structure and Layers(pp. 13-16) Lecture Quiz #1 |
January 13 |
Hello! Expectations, policies, preview of course |
| Week 2 | January 16 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday |
January 18 |
January 20 Ch. 2: Seasons (pp. 44-53) |
Discussion Quiz #1; Review of atmospheric overview |
| Week 3 | January 23 Ch. 3: Radiation and Energy Balance (pp. 64-75) |
January 25 Ch. 3: Daily Temperature Variation; Thermometers (pp. 77-88) Lecture Quiz #2 Take-home Quiz #1 distributed |
January 27 Ch. 3: Windchill Ch. 4: Pressure; Barometers, Pressure Charts (pp. 101-109) Take-home Quiz #1 due |
Review of energy and temperature |
| Week 4 | January 30 Ch. 4: Pressure Gradient Force; Coriolis Force (pp. 109-116) |
February 1 Ch. 4: Frictional Forces; Geostrophic Balance (pp. 116-124) Ch. 4: Upper-level Winds; (Anti-) Cyclones |
February 3 Ch. 5: Hydrologic Cycle; Humidity Fundamentals (pp. 133-136) |
Discussion Quiz #2; Review of forces |
| Week 5 | February 6 Ch. 5: Vapor Pressure, Relative Humidity, Dew Point (pp. 136-141) |
February 8 Ch. 5: Hygrometers and Heat Index (pp. 149-153) Lecture Quiz #3 |
February 10 |
Review for Exam #1 |
| Week 6 | February 13 EXAM #1 |
February 15 Ch. 5: Cloudy Air Motion and Lapse Rates (pp. 155-157, 162) Ch. 6: Lifting Mechanisms for Cloud Development (pp. 170-173) |
February 17 Ch. 6: Atmospheric Stability and Convection Development of Clouds (pp. 173-182) |
Discussion Quiz #3; Review of condensation and cloud formation |
| Week 7 | February 20 Presidents' Day Holiday |
February 22 Ch. 6: Cloud Types (pp. 182-192) Lecture Quiz #4 Take-home Quiz #2 distributed |
February 24 Ch. 7: Precipitation Formation (pp. 202-207) Take-home Quiz #2 due |
Review of atmospheric stability |
| Week 8 | February 27 Ch. 7: Precipitation Types (pp. 207-215) |
February 29 Ch. 7: Precipitation Measurement and Enhancement (pp. 216-220) Ch. 8: Global Circulation (cellular models) (pp. 227-231) |
March 2 |
Discussion Quiz #4; review of clouds and precipitation |
| Week 9 | March 5 Ch. 8: Monsoons; Santa Ana Winds; Local Breezes (pp. 246-255); El Niño/Southern Oscillation (pp. 255-261) |
March 7 Ch. 9: Air Masses (pp. 273-277); Fronts (pp. 282-292) Lecture Quiz #5 |
March 9 |
Review of atmospheric circulation and winds |
| Week 10 | March 12 Ch. 10: Upper-level Steering of Midlatitude Cyclones (pp. 318-319) Ch. 11: Lightning (pp. 328-333) Take-home Quiz #3 distributed |
March 14 Ch. 11: Thunderstorms and Microbursts (pp. 333-341) Take-home Quiz #3 due |
March 16 Ch. 11: Tornadoes (pp.347-361) Professor Evaluations |
TA Evaluations; review for Exam #2 |
| Finals Week | Thursday, March 22 EXAM #2 3:00-5:00 pm Location(s) TBA |
"Unscheduled" lecture quizzes can occur at any time during the quarter.
As we fall behind in the schedule, we may end up skipping some or all of ch. 10-11.