Lecture Notes


Mon., Dec. 3 - Hurricanes pt. 2
Fri., Nov. 30 - Hurricanes pt. 1

Wed., Nov. 28 - Quiz #4
Mon., Nov. 26 - Lightning
Fri., Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving break
Wed., Nov. 21
Mon., Nov. 19 - Tornadoes
Fri., Nov. 16 - Thunderstorms, microbursts
Wed., Nov. 14 - Draining water, 1-cell and 3-cell models of the earth's global scale circulation
Mon. Nov. 12 - Veteran's Day holiday
Fri., Nov. 9 - Surface winds, thermal circulations, sea & land breezes
Wed., Nov. 7 - Upper level winds
Mon., Nov. 5 - Newton's laws of motion, pressure gradient force and Coriolis force
Fri., Nov. 2 - Upper level charts

Wed., Oct. 31 - Quiz #3
Mon., Oct. 29 - Ice crystal process, types of precipitation, weather radar
Fri., Oct. 26 - Precipitation processes, collision coalescence and ice crystal processes
Wed., Oct. 24 - Photographs and descriptions of the 10 main cloud types
Mon., Oct. 22 - Cloud in a bottle, cloud identification and classification, satellite photographs
Fri., Oct. 19 - Dew and frost, cloud condensation nuclei, scattering of light, haze and fog
Wed., Oct. 17 - Humidity problems, drying moist air, rain shadow effect, measuring humidity
Mon., Oct. 15 - Water vapor saturation, energy in sunlight, humidity problem examples
Controls of Temperature
Fri., Oct. 12 - Controls of temperature, Pohnpei island, humidity variables introduction
Sun path diagrams - Path of the sun in the sky on the equinoxes and solstices

Wed., Oct. 10 - Quiz #2
Mon., Oct. 8 - The seasons
Fri., Oct. 5 - Effects of clouds on daytime and nighttime temperatures, causes of the seasons
Wed., Oct. 3 - Atmospheric greenhouse effect
Mon., Oct. 1 - EM radiation emitted by the earth and sun, radiative equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere
Fri., Sep. 28 - EM radiation, electromagnetic spectrum, radiation rules
Wed., Sep. 26 - Latent heat energy transport, static electricity, electromagnetic radiation
Mon., Sep. 24 - Energy transport by conduction and convection, wind chill temperature
Fri., Sep. 21 - Chap. 2 intro., energy, temperature, heat, specific heat

Wed., Sep. 19 - Quiz #1
Mon., Sep. 17 - Forces that cause air to rise and sink, upper level charts
Fri., Sep. 14 - Warm & cold fronts, ideal gas law, Charles' Law
Wed., Sep. 12 - Surface weather maps, isotherms & isobars, winds around highs and low, pressure gradient,
ideal gas law
Mon., Sep. 10 - air density vs altitude, station model notation
Fri., Sep. 7 - Rate of pressure decrease with altitude, law of universal gravitation, barometers, typical & extreme sea
level pressure values, upward pressure force demonstration
Wed., Sep. 5 - Pressure units, pressure changes with altitude
Fri., Aug. 31 - Acid rain, mass, weight, density, pressure
Wed., Aug. 29 - Sulfur dioxide, stratospheric ozone, ozone layer thinning, tropopshere & stratosphere
Mon., Aug. 27 - Carbon monoxide pt2, tropospheric ozone and photochemical smog
Fri, Aug. 24 - CO2 and global warming pt. 2, carbon monoxide pt1, Experiment #1
Wed. Aug. 22 - Greenhouse gases and air pollutants, CO2 and global warming pt. 1
Mon. Aug. 20 - First day of class, composition of the atmosphere, dew point temperature