http://www.atmos.washington.edu/honors_220

Pacific Northwest Climate Variability:

the record, mechanisms, and impacts
and the potential applications of climate forecasts

Honors Arts and Sciences 220A -- Fall 2001

Profs. David Battisti and Nathan Mantua

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Overview

Syllabus and Calendar

Personnel

Meeting Times

Class Hours: MTWThF 10:30 - 11:20, in MARY GATES HALL, room 287

Textbook and readings

There is no textbook. Readings will be assigned and/or handed out each week.

Email addresses

Professor: David Battisti david@atmos.washington.edu
Professor: Nathan Mantua mantua@atmos.washington.edu
TA: Justin Wettstein justinjw@atmos.washington.edu
Messages sent to climate@atmos.washington.edu are sent to everybody in the class
Student Email Addresses
Class Email Log

Announcements and Important Dates

Grading Summary
"Global Warming Debate": Summary and wrap-up
Class Announcements: Check regularly!
Friday 2 November 2001: Quiz on the General Circulation
9th November 2001 research proposal (double-spaced, typed, 1 page max)
20th November Quiz #2--El Nino
Original midterm review sheet Midterm Review Sheet
4th December (Tuesday) 2001 Symposium Abstracts due
8 December (Saturday) 2001 Symposium: Presentation Guidelines
12th (Wednesday) December Quiz #3--Climate Change
17 December (Monday) 2001 Research papers are due

Homeworks, Labs, and Critiques

Homework #1a : survey questions due Wednesday 27 September 2001
Homework #1b: library and citation assignment due Friday 5 October 2001
Homework #2: Magazine article review and evaluation, due Friday 12 October 2001
Discussion questions for class Wednesday 10 October 2001
HW #4: Statistics Exercise due 30 October 2001
Friday 2 November 2001: Quiz on the General Circulation
Tuesday 20th November 2001: Quiz on El Nino (Physics / Impacts / Decision-making)
HW #7: ENSO/PDO/AO Exercise due 19th November 2001
Critique#1 TBA

Information

Library Resources (http://www.lib.washington.edu/natsci/instruction/honors220/)
Climate System Model
Cumulative List of Announcements
List of Possible Reading Assignments
Books on reserve at the Undergraduate Library
Guidelines for Critiques
Guidelines for Research Papers
Suggestions for Research Paper Topics
Symposium Agenda (postscript)

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