Lecture Notes
Tue., Dec. 9 - Course evaluation,
lightning safety, final exam information, NATS 101 Finale
Thu., Dec. 4 -
Quiz #4
Tue., Dec. 2 - Hurricanes pt. 2,
lightning pt. 1
Tue., Nov. 25 - Tornadoes pt. 2,
hurricanes pt. 1
Thu., Nov. 20 - Severe and
supercell thunderstorms, tornadoes
Tue., Nov. 18 - Cause of the
Coriolis force,
thunderstorms pt. 1
Thu., Nov. 13 - Why the wind blows the way it
does in 10 east steps
Tue., Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Holiday
Thu., Nov. 6 - Quiz #3
Tue., Nov. 4 - Ice crystal process, types of
precipitation
Thu., Oct. 30 - Visible and IR satellite
photographs, precipitation formation, cold clouds, midterm grade summary
Tue., Oct. 28 - Identifying and
naming
clouds, 10 main cloud types. Radiation and steam fog.
Thu., Oct. 23 - Drying moist
air,
rainshadow effect, measuring humidity; dew, frost, and frozen dew;
condensation nuclei, haze and fog,
cloud in a bottle, clouds clean the air
Tue., Oct. 21 - Introdution to humidity
variables, reward challenge, water
evaporation & temperature,
water vapor saturation of air, humidity
example problems
Thu., Oct. 16 - Quiz #2
Tue., Oct. 14 - A strong cold front, effects
of clouds on daytime & nighttime temperatures, global warming,
Archimedes Law
Thu., Oct. 9 - Emission rules
demonstration, compact fluorescent bulbs, Radiative
equilibrium,
filtering effect of the
atmosphere, greenhouse effect
Tue., Oct. 7 - Static
electricity;
electric fields; electromagnetic radiation, rules governing the
emission of EM radiation,
Pohnpei island, tropical romance,
pigs, kava, betelnut
Causes of the Seasons
Controls of
Temperature
Thu., Oct. 2 - Energy transport:
conduction and convection, forces on rising and sinking air, wind
chill, latent heat
Tue., Sep. 30 - Introduction to energy
& energy transport, energy, temperature, heat, specific heat,
temperature scales
Thu., Sep. 25 - Quiz #1
Tue., Sep. 23 pt.2 - Upper level
charts
Tue., Sep. 23 pt. 1 - Fall equinox,
pressure
gradient and wind speed, cold and warm fronts
Thu., Sep. 18 - Troposphere &
stratosphere, Ideal gas law, surface weather maps, isobars and
isotherms,
surface centers of high and low
pressure
Tue., Sep. 16 - Average and
extreme sea
level pressures, upward pressure force and demonstration,
air density changes with
altitude. Station model notation.
Thu., Sep. 11 - Vertical pressure changes
and rate of change, mercury barometers, Practice Quiz
Tue., Sep. 9 - Climate change pt. 2.
Mass, weight, density, and pressure
Thu., Sep. 4 - Acid rain, particulate
matter, CO2 and global
warming pt. 1
Tue., Sep. 2 - Temperature inversions,
scattering of light, air pollutants pt. 2: photochemical smog, sulfur
dioxide
Thu., Aug. 28 - Stromatolites,
banded iron and
origin of oxygen in the atmosphere; greenhouse gases and
air pollutants pt. 1: carbon
monoxide
Tue., Aug. 26 - First day of class,
composition of the atmosphere, dew point temperature, evolution of the
atmosphere