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ATM S 211: Spring Quarter 2008
Climate and Climate Change

Announcements (updated Th 6/5 10:30 am)

 

2.  Poster Session Critiques Submit by Thur morning at class or online.  1/2 page written critique of 2 posters - one from each day.

 

3. HW 6 Solutions have been posted.  Credit for attempted questions was given.  The questions were not evaluated.  Please check your answers agains the solutions.

 

4. Class Evaluations For Lecture on Thur.  For Quiz section on Friday.

 

5.  YOU WILL NEED A SCANTRON SHEET FOR THE FINAL. (See UW Bookstore in Hub or By George Coffee stand under Odegard.)

 

6.      Review sheet for the final.

 

7.  FINAL EXAM   Mon 9 June 8:30 - 10:30 am, JHN 075 (our regular lecture hall).  YOU WILL NEED A SCANTRON SHEET FOR THE FINAL.  Please also bring a calculator and pencils, erasers. (The calculations should be possible to do by hand as well.)

 

8. All assignments, Extra Credits have been graded and returned, except for Poster Summaries/Writing Credits.  If you do not have a comment online or a red score on any assignment, you do not have credit for it.  If you submitted online and can not see your Poster Summary submission online, then I do not have a copy of it.  (I do have all the hardcopies). Please email Paul by Friday for discrepancies. 

 

Check this page often for announcements about class activities, homework assignments and exams!

 

Class Meeting Times and Locations

Lecture:  Monday – Thursday,                 10:30-11:20 in JHN 075
Discussion Section A:  Friday,                 10:30-11:20 in JHN 175
Discussion Section B:  Friday,                 11:30-12:20 in JHN 175

 

Instructor: Prof. Qiang Fu
Email:   qfu@atmos.washington.edu
Phone:  (206) 685-2070
Office:   ATG 308

Office hours:  Monday 12:30 to 1:30 or by appointment

 

Teaching Assistant: Paul Hezel
Email:   phezel@atmos.washington.edu
Phone:  (206) 543-7643
Office:   ATG 511

Office hours:  Tuesday 1:30 to 2:30, Thursday 1:30 to 2:30, or by appointment

 

Inbox for electronic submission: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/collectit/dropbox/phezel/2262

 

Class Description

This is an introductory course for nonscience majors on climate and climate change. The first part of the class will cover the processes controlling the climate of the present including these in the atmosphere, the oceans, the solid earth, and the biosphere. We will then focus on the climate of the past. Finally, we will discuss the climate of the future and the influence of human activities including global warming and stratospheric ozone depletion.

See the
syllabus for a more detailed description.

Discussion Forum for This Course

This class e-post board is created to improve communication among students and instructors.  Please use this forum to ask questions and get answers, share thoughts, and suggest ways to improve class.  We will attempt to answer questions within one or two days.  Please do not expect us to monitor the board at all times and reply instantaneously!  Please be polite and thoughtful in your use of the post.

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