Contents
Wed., Dec. 8 - Final Exam review pt. 1
Mon., Dec. 6 - Hurricanes pt. 3!
Fri., Dec. 3 - Hurricanes pt. 2
Wed., Dec. 1 - Quiz #4 (music
from Cirque du Soleil: Alegria, Irna, Querer)
Mon., Nov. 29 - Lightning safety rules,
hurricanes pt. 1
Mon., Nov. 22 - Lightning
Fri., Nov. 19 - Tornadoes
Wed., Nov. 17 - Severe thunderstorms, wind
shear, wall clouds, hook echoes, basic tornado characteristics
Mon., Nov. 15 - Thunderstorms, microbursts,
gust fronts, wind shear, severe storms
Fri., Nov. 12 - Ocean currents, El Nino/La
Nina, thunderstorm development, convection demonstration
Wed., Nov. 10 - Thermal circulations, 1- and
3-cell models of the earth's global scale wind circulation pattern
Mon., Nov. 8 - Surface winds,
cause of the
Coriolis force, water draining from sinks & toilets
Fri., Nov. 5 - Forces that
cause
surface and
upper level winds, winds in the northern & southern hemispheres
Wed., Nov. 3 - Quiz #3 (music:
Julia Lee "Gotta Gimme What'cha Got", "If It's Good", "Snatch and Grab
It",
"Don't Come too Soon", "Ain't It
a Crime")
Mon., Nov. 1 - Climate change pt.1
Fri., Oct. 29 - Cold clouds, ice crystal
process, types of precipitation
Wed., Oct. 27 - Satellite photographs,
precipitation producing processes, collision coalescence process
Mon., Oct. 25 - How to identify and name clouds
Fri., Oct. 22 - Heat index, condensation
nuclei, haze and fog, cloud in a bottle, clouds & global warming
Wed., Oct. 20 - Drying moist air, rain shadow
effect, measuring humidity, dew and frost
Mon., Oct. 18 - Saturation, humidity problem
examples, midterm grade estimates
Fri., Oct. 15 - Introduction to humidity
variables, saturation of air with water vapor
Wed., Oct. 13 - Quiz #2
Mon., Oct. 11 - Global warming misconception,
controls of temperature, an awesome field experiment
Fri., Oct. 8 - Greenhouse effect
continued,
effects of clouds on daytime and nighttime temperatures,
global warming misconception
Wed., Oct. 6 - CFL bulbs, Radiative
equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere, atmospheric
greenhouse effect
Mon., Oct. 4 - Wavelength,
frequency,
energy;
EM spectrum, rules governing the emission of EM radiation,
radiation emitted by the earth
& sun
Fri., Oct. 1 - Latent heat energy
transport,
static electricity & electric fields
Wed., Sep. 29 - Temperature & heat,
temperature scales, conduction & convection, wind chill temperature
Upper-level charts pt. 3 -
supplementary (optional) reading
Upper-level charts pt. 2 -
supplementary (optional) reading
Upper-level charts pt. 1 -
required reading
Mon., Sep. 27 - Introduction to energy &
energy transport, specific heat & latent heat
Fri., Sep. 24 - Weather changes caused by
fronts & locating fronts on surface maps, fall equinox
Wed., Sep. 22 - Quiz #1
(music: "Air Play" and "Baku" from a group called Outback)
Mon., Sep. 20 - Pressure gradient, warm and
cold fronts, upper level charts, processes that cause air to rise
Fri., Sep. 17 - Station model notation pt. 2,
surface weather maps pt. 1
Wed., Sep. 15 - Troposphere &
stratosphere, station model notation pt. 1, Archimedes' Law
Mon., Sep. 13 - Ideal gas law, Charles' Law,
vertical forces acting on air parcels
Fri., Sep. 10 - Barometers, upward
pressure force
Wed., Sep. 08 - Pressure & density
changes
with increasing altitude, Practice
Quiz
Fri., Sep. 03 - Stratospheric ozone, mass,
weight, density, pressure and pressure units, pressure changes with
altitude
Wed., Sep. 01 - Acid rain, particulate matter,
light scattering by air molecules
Mon., Aug. 30 - Carbon monoxide indoors,
tropospheric ozone & photochemical smog, sulfur dioxide &
London-type smog
Fri., Aug. 27 - Air pollution, carbon
monoxide, light scattering demonstration
Wed., Aug. 25 - Evolution of
the atmosphere, stromatolites
&
banded
iron
formation,
greenhouse
gases and air pollutants
Mon., Aug. 23 - First day of class