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Atmospheric Sciences 101: Weather
Spring 2001
Readings by Page Number

TWB denotes The Weather Book
EOM denotes Essentials of Meteorology

General:

  • Finish Chapter 1 in both books before midterm #1 (April 24th)
  • You are not responsible for scientists' profiles in TWB
Week 1:
  • Finish by Monday (April 2nd):

  • TWB: Chapter 2, pp. 13 to 22
    EOM: Chapter 2: p. 25 to "Balancing Act," p. 34
      (skip discussion of latent heat pp. 27-28)
    EOM: Chapter 2: p. 42 (Why Earth Has Seasons) to p. 51
Week 2:
  • Finish by Monday (April 9th):

  • EOM: Chapter 3: pp. 53 to 71
    TWB: Chapter 3, pp. 31 to 45
    EOM: Chapter 6, p. 139 to "Surface Winds," p. 155
Week 3:
  • Finish by Monday (April 16th):

  • EOM: Chapter 6: "Surface Winds," p. 155 to 162
    EOM: Chapter 7, pp. 165 to 194
    Note you can skip "Curved winds around lows and highs aloft," on pp. 153-154 of EOM:
Week 4:
  • Finish by Monday (April 23th):

  • TWB: Chapter 4, pp. 47 to 62
    EOM: Chapter 8, pp. 197 to 224
Week 5:
  • Finish by Monday (April 30th):

  • TWB: Chapter 11, pp. 181 to 195
    EOM: Chapter 9, pp. 227 to 243 
          (up to "Weather Forecasting Using Surface Charts")
Week 6:
  • Finish by Monday (May 7th):

  • TWB: Chapter 5, pp. 63 to 82
    EOM: Chapter 2: discussion of latent heat pp. 27-28
    EOM: Chapter 4, pp. 75 to 105 
    EOM: Chapter 5, pp. 109 to 118
          (up to "Precipitation Processes")
Week 7:
  • Finish by Monday (May 14th):

  • EOM: Chapter 5, pp. 119 to 135
    TWB: Chapter 6, pp. 83 to 96 
    TWB: Chapter 7, pp. 97 to 113
Week 8:
  • Finish by Friday (May 18th):

  • EOM: Chapter 15, pp. 399 to 419
    TWB: Chapter 10, pp. 163-179 
Week 9:
  • Finish by Friday (May 25th):

  • EOM: Chapter 10, pp. 253 to 285
    TWB: Chapter 8, pp. 115 to 138
Week 10:
  • Finish by Friday (June 1st):

  • EOM: Chapter 11, pp. 289 to 309
    TWB: Chapter 9, pp. 139 to 161