| Lecture/Topic |
Month |
Day |
EOM reading |
Links |
| 1. Composition and structure of our atmosphere |
Sep |
24 |
Ch 1 pp. 1-14 |
|
| 2. Weather vs. climate, temperature. |
|
25 |
Ch 1 pp. 15-24 |
|
| 3. Heat transfer and radiation,
Climate of Seattle area. |
|
26 |
Ch 2 pp. 28-36 |
Animation
software for simulating atoms/molecules in a gas (uses Java) |
| 4. The greenhouse effect. |
|
27 |
Ch 2 pp. 37-46 |
Time
lapse of infrared water vapor imagery |
| 5. The seasons. Global temperature variations |
Oct |
1 |
Ch 2 pp. 46-54 |
|
| 6. Air masses. Daily temperature variations |
|
2 |
pp. 58-79, 214-224 |
|
| 7. Air pressure, adiabatic expansion, lapse rate |
|
3 |
pp. 33, 118 (thru Fig. 5.2), 150-155 |
|
| 8. Pressure gradient force. Pressure maps. |
|
4 |
Ch 6 pp. 156-159 |
|
| 9. Coriolis effect and geostrophic balance |
|
8 |
Ch 6 pp. 160-174 |
|
| 10. Local circulations I: turbulence, wind shear, mtn waves. |
|
9 |
Ch 7 pp. 178-181 |
Mountain
lee wave visible satellite loop (6.4 MB) |
| 11. Local circulations II: thermal circulations |
|
10 |
Ch 7 pp. 182-192 |
|
| 12. Formation of jet streams; the general circulation |
|
11 |
Ch 7 pp. 193-202 |
Northern hemisphere 500 mb height loop, 7 days ago to 5 days ahead |
| 13. Winds and ocean currents, El Nino |
|
15 |
Ch 7 pp. 203-207 |
NOAA El Nino
Theme Page |
| 14. Extratropical cyclones and fronts |
|
16 |
Ch 8 pp. 225-233 |
12 day 500/1000mb loop of extratropical
cyclones evolving in jet stream |
| 15. Upper atmospheric cyclone structure |
|
17 |
Ch 8, pp. 234-242 |
|
| MIDTERM 1 (closed book/note-thru 11 Oct lecture) |
Oct |
18 |
|
|
| 16. Year-to-year wintertime variability in midlatitudes |
|
22 |
Ch 7 pp. 196-197 |
Maps of recent monthly US temps and precip |
17. Humidity |
|
23 |
Ch 4 pp. 77-89 |
More
on the molecular structure of water and ice |
| 18. Condensation and fog |
|
24 |
Ch 4 pp. 89-96 |
|
| 19. Types of cloud (+ 30 min cloud slide show) |
|
25 |
Ch 4 pp. 96-108 |
Cloud Atlas |
| 20. Conditional instability and cumulus clouds |
|
29 |
Ch 5 pp. 111-120 |
|
| 21. Formation of rain and snow |
|
30 |
Ch 5 pp. 121-130 |
|
| 22. Other types of
precipitation, cloud seeding, radar |
|
31 |
Ch 5 pp. 131-137 |
|
| 23. Precipitation patterns, floods, droughts |
Nov |
1 |
pp. 343-349, 398 |
|
| 24. How are weather forecasts made? |
|
5 |
Ch 9 pp. 231-248 |
|
| 25. Forecast error and predictability of weather |
|
6 |
|
|
| 26. Thunderstorms and thunderstorm systems |
|
7 |
Ch 10 pp. 257-270 |
|
| 27. Cloud electrification, lightning and thunder (+35 min video) |
|
8 |
Ch 10 pp. 271-276 |
24-hour loop of U.S. lightning strikes |
| NO CLASS - Veterans Day Holiday |
|
12 |
|
|
| 28. Severe thunderstorms and
tornadoes (+ 20, 7 min videos) |
|
13 |
Ch 10 pp. 276-290 |
Supercell and
Tornado Photos |
| 29. Hurricanes and tropical cyclones I (+ 20 min video) |
|
14 |
Ch 11 pp. 293-300 |
NOAA Hurricane Research Division FAQs about hurricanes. |
| MIDTERM 2 (closed book/note-thru 8 Nov lecture) |
Nov |
15 |
|
|
| 30. Hurricanes and tropical cyclones II |
|
19 |
Ch 11 pp. 301-314 |
|
| 31. Sky color, mirages |
|
20 |
Ch 15 pp. 403-413 |
|
| 32. Rainbows, halos, coronas |
|
21 |
Ch 15 pp. 413-422 |
Rainbow
light paths |
| NO CLASS - Thanksgiving |
|
22 |
|
|
| NO QUIZ SECTION - Thanksgiving |
|
22/3 |
|
|
| 33. Air pollution |
|
26 |
Ch 12 pp. 317-340 |
|
| 34. Ozone hole |
|
27 |
Ch 12 pp. 324-327, 330 |
|
| 35. Paleoclimate and climate variability |
|
28-29 |
Ch 13 pp. 373-391 |
|
| 36-37. Anthropogenic climate
change and its impacts. |
Dec |
3-4 |
Ch 13 pp. 391-399 |
|
| Catch-up/enrichment |
|
5-6 |
No notes or readings |
|
| FINAL EXAM, 8:30-10:20, Kane 210 |
Dec |
10 |
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