Course Materials

study guide

PDF - posted Monday, August 9

assignments

• Assignment #1, Due Friday, June 25
• Assignment #2, Due Friday, July 16
• Assignment #3, Due Friday, August 6
• Assignment #4, Due Friday, August 13

suggested problems

• Week 1 - PDF - Solutions
• Week 2 - PDF - Solutions
• Week 3 - PDF - Solutions
• Week 4 - PDF - Solutions
• Week 5 - PDF - Solutions
• Week 6 - PDF - Solutions
• Week 7 - PDF - Solutions
• Week 8 - PDF - Solutions

reading materials / in class activities

• Week 3 - Annual variation of temperature in-class activity - PDF
• Week 5 - Air mass source region in-class activity - PDF
• Week 6 - Weather forecasting with ensemble methods - PDF
• Week 6 - Weather forecasting in-class activity - PDF
• Week 9 - Annual cycle in-class activity - PDF

selected lecture graphics and figures

• Week 1 - Introduction to the atmosphere, the Earth as a system, observations - PDF
• Week 2 - Warming the atmosphere, the seasons, radiation - PDF
• Week 3 - Global annual temperature variations, normal vs. anomalies, cloud types - PDF
• Week 4 - Clouds, precipitation, processes - PDF unavailable
• Week 5 - Air masses, winds, and midlatitude cyclones - PDF
• Week 6 - Weather forecasting - PDF
• Week 7 - Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, and intense cyclones - TSRM - HURR - CYC
• Week 8 - The General Circulation - PDF