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