Midterm 2 will take place in our regular classroom, at our regular time, on Monday, May 20, 2002.  It will be of the same format as midterm 1:  several short answer questions followed by multiple choice.  You will not need a calculator, and it is not open book.  The test will emphasize subjects discussed within the last three weeks.  These subjects include:

Optics
Humidity
Stability
Clouds
Precipitation processes
Force Balance
Hydrostatic Balance
Pressure Gradient Forces
Coriolis effects
Geostrophic Flow

Some terms you might find useful to know are:  Saturation, mixing ratio, dew point temperature,  adiabatic process, lapse rates (dry, moist, environmental), stable and unstable (both conditional and absolute) atmospheres, lifting mechanisms (topography, convection, convergence), cloud types (cirrus, "mare's tails", altostratus, nimbostratus, cumulonimbus, stratus, cumulus, altocumulus, radiation fog and advection fog), CCN, the curvature effect, vapor pressure, collision and coalescence, Bergeron process, reflection, refraction, scattering,  halos, sun dogs, sun pillars, rainbows, corona, glories, crepuscular rays, sea level pressure, surface pressure, pressure gradient force (horizontal and vertical), hydrostatic balance (vertical pressure gradient force vs. gravity),  coriolis force (northern and southern hemisphere effects), geostrophic wind (coriolis force vs. horizontal pressure gradient force)