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Atmospheric Sciences 101: Weather
Spring 2001
Important Announcements 

Grades Now Available
(Graded finals can be picked up from your TA)

Grades by Student Number 
Distribution of Scores on the Final
Distribution of Cumulative Scores for the Quarter (as %)
Distribution of Final Grades
 
 

Purpose of the course: to develop an understanding of the weather and related atmospheric phenomena. the emphasis will be on understanding how and why things happen, not the memorization of terminology.

Professor:

Dale Durran        durrand@atmos.washington.edu
606 ATG (Atmospheric Sci./Geophysics Bldg) 
543-7440 
Office hours: M 2:00-3:00 PM

Teaching Assistants:
 
Craig Brown cabrown@u.washington.edu
Sasa Gabersek sasa@atmos.washington.edu
Brian Magi magi@atmos.washington.edu

TA Office: 420 ATG, 543-6627 
Office hours: 
Brown: Tu 2:00-3:15 and Th 9:30-10:15
Gabersek: Tu 9:30-10:15 and Th 2:00-3:15
Magi: W 2:00-4:00

Class Schedule

Lectures: Mon-Thurs 10:30-11:20am Gowan 301

Quiz Sections:
 
AA Th  11:30-12:20 BNS 115 Magi
AB Th 12:30-1:20 BNS 117 Brown
AC Th 1:30-2:20 BNS 117 Magi
AD F 10:30-11:20 BNS 203 Gabersek
AE F 11:30-12:20 BNS 203 Magi
AF F 12:30-1:20 BNS 203 Gabersek
AG F 12:30-1:20 MGH 228 Brown

Textbooks (and required reading):

The Weather Book, 2nd edition by Jack Williams, 1997, Vintage Books/Random House (TWB) 

Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmoshere, 3rd edition by Donald C. Ahrens, 2001, West Publishing Company (EOM)

Library resources:

The required textbooks, together with the following introductoy textbooks have been placed on reserve in the Undergraduate Library.
 
Ahrens, C. Donald Meteorology Today
Lutgens, Fredrick and Edward Tarbuck The Atmosphere