Spring 2008
WOW denotes
World of Weather
Week 1:
- Finish by Thursday (April 3rd):
WOW: Chapter 1: pp. 1-29
skip: map projections (p. 3-5),
converting units, spatial/temporal scales (p. 9-11)
WOW: Chapter 2: pp. 47-67
Week 2:
- Finish by Thursday (April 10th):
WOW: Chapter 3: pp. 77-98
p. 79, authors incorrectly neglect the influence of the length of day on seasonal variations in radiative heating. This effect dominates `sun angle' in high lattitudes
p. 92, `cooking lessons' is a poor explanation for the timing of the maximum temperature. Max temp occurs when the rate of solar heating drops below the rate of IR cooling.
Week 3:
- Finish by Thursday (April 17th):
WOW: Chapter 4: pp. 115-140
WOW: Chapter 5: pp. 161-182
Ignore incorrect argument, last paragraph, left column of p. 128.
Week 4:
- Finish by Thursday (April 24th):
CN: Unit 3 Pressure
WOW: Chapter 6: pp. 203-212 (to "Circulations of Air...")
WOW: Chapter 7: pp. 251-262 (to "Determining Wind...")
Week 5:
- Finish by Thursday (May 1st):
CN: Unit 5: Clouds and Precipitation
WOW: Chapter 8: pp. 301-332
Week 6:
- Finish by Thursday (May 8th):
The Generation of Shallow Cumulus by Solar Heating (download pdf)
CN: Unit 6: Winds
WOW: Chapter 6: pp. 212-229
WOW: Chapter 7: pp. 262-279
Week 7:
- Finish by Thursday (May 15th):
CN: Unit 8: Air Masses, Fronts and Mid-lattidue Cyclones
CN: Unit 9: Weather Prediction
WOW: Chapter 12: just look at the diagrams
WOW: Chapter 13: pp. 519-531
p. 223, 1st paragraph: frictionally induced convergence in the surface flow around lows is not responsible for producing the clouds and precipitation in a vigorous low-pressure system
Week 8:
- Finish by Thursday (May 22nd):
CN: Unit 11: Thunderstorms
WOW: Chapter 9: pp. 347-378
WOW: Chapter 15: pp. 587-610
Week 9:
- Finish by Thursday (May 29th):
CN: Unit 12: Hurricanes
WOW: Chapter 11: pp. 435-469
Week 10:
- Finish by Thursday (June 5th):
Rainbows (download 2-page pdf)
WOW: Rainbows, pp. 379-381
WOW: El Nino, pp. 415-421