Winter 2003
Approximate class overall grade distribution
Final: Monday 17 March 8:30 AM
- Format: 25 multiple choice, 6 short answer from which you will select 4.
- Roughly half the test will cover Units 9-12 on the CD and weeks 8-10 in the readings, except nothing on rainbows.
- The other half of the test will cover key material from earlier in the quarter.
- Cumulative study guide - PDF | HTML
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.
Dale Durran
durrand@atmos.washington.edu
606 ATG (Atmospheric
Sci./Geophysics Bldg)
543-7440
Office hours:
M 2:00-3:00 PM
Teaching Assistants:
| Amanda Evans | aevans@atmos.washington.edu |
| Greg Ostermeier | greg@atmos.washington.edu |
| Michael Town | mstown@atmos.washington.edu |
TA Office: 420 ATG, 543-6627
Office hours:
| Greg Ostermeier: | Tues. | 11:30-1:00 |
| Amanda Evans: | Wed. | 11:30-1:00 |
| Michael Town: | Wed. | 1:00-2:30 |
Class Schedule:
Lectures: Mon-Thurs 10:30-11:20am, Kane 110
Quiz Sections:
| AA | F | 10:30-11:20 | JHN 214 | Evans |
| AB | Th | 12:30-1:20 | JHN 437 | Town |
| AC | F | 10:30-11:20 | JHN 101 | Town |
| AD | Th | 1:30-2:20 | JHN 123 | Ostermeier |
| AE | F | 1:30-2:20 | JHN 119 | Town |
| AF | Th | 2:30-3:20 | JHN 214 | Evans |
| AG | Th | 11:30-12:20 | JHN 437 | Ostermeier |
Textbooks (and required reading):
Course Notes on CD, published by Cyan Media, available from the UW bookstore
Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmoshere, 3rd edition by Donald C. Ahrens, 2001, West Publishing Company
Library resources:
The required
textbooks, together with the following introductory textbooks have been
placed on reserve in the Undergraduate Library.
| Ackerman, Steven & John
Knox |
Meteorology: Understanding the
Atmosphere |
| Ahrens, C. Donald | Meteorology Today |
| Lutgens, Fredrick & Edward Tarbuck | The Atmosphere |
| Williams, Jack | The Weather Book |