Week |
Dates |
Topics |
Reading |
Due |
1 |
Sep 26-28 |
Observations/Weather map interpretation |
Review class notes |
- |
2 |
Oct 1-5 |
Atmospheric structure, composition and chemistry
(note: Lectures given by TA Emily Fischer) |
Read thoroughly Chapter 1 of W&H. Read parts of Chapter 5 covered in class |
- |
3 |
Oct 8-12 |
Radiation and energy budget |
Read Chapter 4 of W&H |
HW 1 (Mon)
QUIZ (Thu) |
4 |
Oct 15-19 |
Hydrostatics
and
Thermodynamics |
Read Chapter 3,
Sections 3.1-3.3 |
HW 2 (Mon)
QUIZ (Thu) |
5 |
Oct 22-26 |
Read Chapter 3,
Sections 3.4-3.7
|
HW 3 (Mon)
QUIZ (Thu)
Project Proposal (Fri)
|
6 |
Oct 29-Nov 2 |
Thermodynamics (cont.) and Clouds |
See class notes, also Links to clouds on resources page |
EXAM (Wed) |
7 |
Nov 5-9 |
Clouds and Thunderstorms |
|
8 |
Nov 13-16
Holiday Nov 12 |
Dynamics |
Read Chapter 7, especially 7.2 up to 7.2.7, also section 7.3
|
HW 4 (Tue)
QUIZ (Thu) |
9 |
Nov 19-21
Holiday Nov 22-23 |
Dynamics |
HW 5 (Wed)
QUIZ (Wed) |
10 |
Nov 26-30 |
Weather Systems |
Chapter 8, especially 8.1 and 8.4 |
HW 7 (Mon)
QUIZ (Thu) |
11 |
Dec 3-7 |
Weather systems (cont.). Predictability |
|
Project (Mon)
Q+A (Fri) |
12 |
Dec 10-14 |
FINAL EXAM, December 12th, 8:30-10:20, ATG 310c |