Reading material for Lectures

Material for Exam #1
August 24	Introduction to 500 mb Height Maps Winds at the 500 mb Height Level; Southwest Monsoon Season Links to 500 mb maps handed out during lecture 500 mb map handout -- side 1 500 mb map handout -- side 2
August 26	Winds at the 500 mb Height Level; Southwest Monsoon Season (Continued) Winds; Pressure and Winds on Common Weather Maps
August 29	Discuss Research Paper Winds; Pressure and Winds on Common Weather Maps (Continued)
August 31	Winds; Pressure and Winds on Common Weather Maps (Last Section) Hurricane Introduction and Characteristics
September 2	Hurricane Movement and Damages
September 7	Hurricane Cycles in the Atlantic, Links to Climate Change, Hurricane Damage and Death Trends The atmosphere Some properties of gases
September 9	Some properties of gases(continued) Composition of the Atmosphere Vertical Structure of Temperature, Density, and Pressure
September 12	Human response to air pressure and density changes The Skew-T Diagram End of Exam 1 Material
Material for Exam #2
September 19	Water in the atmosphere A closer look at evaporation and condensation In-class notes for phase changes of water
September 21	Relative humidity and Dew Point In-class notes for Relative Humidity and Dew Point
September 23	Energy Transfer Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort
September 26	Clouds Why Does Rising Air Cool? Conditions under which air is forced to rise Precipitation
September 28	Moving air parcels up and down through the atmosphere Stability of the atmosphere
September 30	Stability of the atmosphere (continued) Introduction to Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms
October 3	Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms (continued) Tornadoes
October 5	Tornadoes(continued) Hurricane Energetics
October 7	Lightning End of Exam 2 Material
Material for Exam #3
October 14	Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather
October 17	Ozone and the ozone hole Ultraviolet radiation and its effects WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Ozone and UV Exposure
October 19	Review 500 mb height maps Review 500 mb winds; Estimating Precipitation areas from 500 mb maps Weather forecasting using 500 mb height maps Links to 500 mb maps handed out during lecture 500 mb map handout -- side 1 500 mb map handout -- side 2
October 21	Weather forecasting using 500 mb height maps (continued) The 500 mb weather pattern and weather terminology
October 24	A crash course in cyclogenesis Numerical Weather Forecasting
October 26	Weather vs Climate Introduction to Climate Change WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate, Climate Change, and Global Warming Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Radiation and Radiative Equilibrium Temperature
October 28	Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I (continued) Infrared Radiation, Greenhouse Effect, and Earth's Energy Budget II WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Radiation and Radiative Equilibrium Temperature
October 31	Infrared Radiation, Greenhouse Effect, and Earth's Energy Budget II (Continued) Increasing Greenhouse Gases End of Exam 3 Material
Material for Exam #4
November 7	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in Climate Change Predictions : Feedbacks WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on feedbacks in the climate system
November 9	Uncertainty in Climate Change Predictions : Feedbacks (continued) Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on feedbacks in the climate system
November 14	Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change (continued) Potential Impacts of Global Warming
November 16	Reconstructing Past Climates The Climate of the Pleistocene Is Life on Earth Fragile or Robust? The Climate of the Holocene Controversy: Global Average Temperature Reconstruction over the last 2000 years The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History
November 18	The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today (continued) WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History Global Warming Summary and Discussion
November 21	Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Seasonal Changes
November 28	Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth(Continued) Factors that control climate WORD Document Containing in-class text notes
November 30	Blue skies, red sunsets, white clouds, haze WORD Document Containing in-class text notes End of Exam 4 material