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--- Last updated 03/20/2014 --- |
| Monday Lecture | Wednesday Lecture | Friday Lecture | Discussion Section | |
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| Week 1 | March 31 Introduction/Overview Ch. 1: Weather, Atmospheric Composition (pp. 4-15) |
April 2 Ch. 1: Atmospheric Composition cont.; Vertical Density and Pressure Structure (pp. 14-17) Lecture Quiz #1 |
April 4 |
Hello! Expectations, policies, preview of course |
| Week 2 | April 7 Ch. 1: Weather Maps (pp. 22-26) Ch. 2: Energy and Radiation (pp. 32-43) |
April 9 |
April 11 Ch. 3: Radiation and Energy Balance (pp. 60-70) |
Discussion Quiz #1; Review of atmospheric overview |
| Week 3 | April 14 Ch. 3: Daily Temperature Variation; Thermometers (pp. 70-82) |
April 16 Ch. 3: Windchill Ch. 4: Pressure; Barometers, (pp. 94-100) Lecture Quiz #2 Take-home Quiz #1 distributed |
April 18 Ch. 4: Pressure Charts; Pressure Gradient Force; Coriolis Force (pp. 101-109) Take-home Quiz #1 due |
Review of energy and temperature |
| Week 4 | April 21 Ch. 4: Frictional Forces; Geostrophic Balance; Upper-level Winds; (Anti-) Cyclones (pp. 109-115) |
April 23 Ch. 5: Hydrologic Cycle; Humidity Fundamentals (pp. 124-126) |
April 25 Ch. 5: Vapor Pressure, Relative Humidity, Dew Point (pp. 126-132) |
Discussion Quiz #2; Review of forces |
| Week 5 | Apri 28 Ch. 5: Hygrometers and Heat Index (pp. 132-134, 152) |
April 30 Ch. 5: Saturation and Condensation Nuclei; Adiabatic Processes (pp. 139-149) Lecture Quiz #3 |
May 2 |
Review for Exam #1 |
| Week 6 | May 5 Ch. 5: Dew, Frost, Haze, Fogs;Cloudy Air Motion and Lapse Rates (pp. 143-146, 150-151) |
May 7 Ch. 6: Lifting Mechanisms for Cloud Development (pp. 160-162) |
May 9 Ch. 6: Atmospheric Stability and Convection Development of Clouds (pp. 163-172) |
Review of condensation and cloud formation |
| Week 7 | May 12 Ch. 6: Cloud Types (pp. 172-181) |
May 14 Ch. 7: Precipitation Formation (pp. 190-195) Lecture Quiz #4 Take-home Quiz #2 distributed |
May 16 Ch. 7: Precipitation Types (pp. 195-203) Take-home Quiz #2 due |
Discussion Quiz #3; review of atmospheric stability |
| Week 8 | May 19 Ch. 7: Precipitation Measurement and Enhancement (pp. 204-208) Ch. 8: Global Circulation (cellular models) (pp. 216-219) |
May 21 Ch. 8: Global Pressure and Precipitation Patterns; Winds Aloft, Jet Streams, and Rossby Waves (pp. 220-230) |
May 23 |
Review of clouds and precipitation |
| Week 9 | May 26 MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY |
May 28 Ch. 9: Air Masses; Fronts (pp. 260-272) Lecture Quiz #5 |
May 30 |
Review of atmospheric circulation and winds |
| Week 10 | June 2 Ch. 10: Upper-level Steering of Midlatitude Cyclones (pp. 298-299) Ch. 11: Lightning (pp. 308-313) Take-home Quiz #3 due |
June 4 Ch. 11: Thunderstorms and Microbursts (pp. 314-324) |
June 6 Ch. 11: Tornadoes (pp.326-337) Professor Evaluations |
Discussion Quiz #4; TA Evaluations; review for Exam #2 |
| Finals Week | Thursday, June 12, 2014 EXAM #2 12:00-2:00 pm |
"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.