Contents
Tue., Dec. 7 - Hurricanes, last day of class
Thu., Dec. 2 - Quiz #4
(music from Cirque du Soleil: Alegria, Irna, Querer)
Tue., Nov. 30 - Tornadoes pt. 2, lightning
Tue., Nov. 23 - Severe thunderstorms and
tornadoes
Thu., Nov. 18 - Ocean currents, SW monsoon,
thunderstorms
Tue., Nov. 16 - Thermal circulations, 1- and
3-cell models of global scale wind and pressure patterns
Tue., Nov. 9 - Forces that
cause
surface and
upper level winds, winds in the northern & southern hemispheres,
cause of the Coriolis force?,
water draining from sinks and toilets
Thu., Nov. 4 - 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")
Tue., Nov. 2 - Ice crystal process,
types of
precipitation, saturation of air with water vapor
Thu., Oct. 28 - Satellite photographs,
precipitation producing processes, collision-coalescence process,
cold clouds, ice crystal process
Tue., Oct. 26 - Heat index, cloud in a
bottle,
clouds & climate change, how to identify & name clouds
Thu., Oct. 21 - Drying moist air, rain shadow
effect, measuring humidity, dew & frost, condensation nuclei
Tue., Oct. 19 - Introduction to humidity
variables, humidity example problems
Thu., Oct. 14 - Quiz #2
Tue., Oct. 12 - Effects of clouds on day and
night temperatures, global warming misconception,
controls of temperature, an
awesome field experiment
Thu., Oct. 7 - CFL bulbs, radiative
equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere, atmospheric greenhouse
effect
Tue., Oct. 5 - Latent heat energy transport,
static electricity & electric fields, EM radiation, EM spectrum,
rules governing the emission of
EM radiation?
Thu., Sep. 30 - Heat & temperature,
temperature scales, conduction & convection, wind chill
Upper-level charts pt. 3 -
supplementary (optional) reading
Upper-level charts pt. 2 -
supplementary (optional) reading
Upper-level charts pt. 1 -
required reading
Tue., Sep. 28 - Weather changes
associated with warm & cold fronts, locating fronts on a surface
weather map,
fall equinox, introduction to
energy & energy transport, specific & latent heat
Thu., Sep. 23 - Quiz #1 (music:
"Air
Play"
and
"Baku"
from
a
group
called
Outback)
Tue., Sep. 21 - Pressure
gradient, warm and
cold fronts, upper level charts, processes that cause air to rise
Thu., Sep. 16 - Station model
notation,
Archimedes Law
Tue., Sep. 14 - Ideal gas law, Charles'
Law, vertical forces acting on air parcels, troposphere &
stratosphere
Thu., Sep. 09 - Barometers, upward
pressure force, Practice Quiz
Tue., Sep. 07 - Mass, weight, density,
pressure & pressure units, pressure changes with altitude
Thu., Sep. 02 - Acid rain,
particulate matter,
light scattering by air molecules
Tue., Aug. 31 - Temperature inversions,
air quality index, light scattering demonstration,
tropospheric ozone
& photochemical smog, sulfur dioxide and
London-type smog
Thu., Aug. 26 - Evolution of
the atmosphere, stromatolites & banded
iron
formation,
greenhouse
gases & air pollutants,carbon monoxide
Tue., Aug. 24 - First day of class