ATMO 300a General Meteorology - Physical
Meeting: 11:00-11:50 pm MWF in PAS room 312
Instructor: Jon Nelson, 621-6835, PAS room 570 (north wing)
Office Hours: Mondays 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Thursdays 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Required Texts: Roland B. Stull, Meteorology Today for Scientists and Engineers: A Technical Companion Book; C. Donald Ahrens, Meteorology Today, 5th ed., 1994.
Prerequisite: MATH 125b calculus; integration, modeling with differential equations, Taylor series.
| Exam | Date | topics from Stull's book | % of final grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| exam 1 | 18 September | chapters 1,2 | 20% |
| exam 2 | 14 October | chapters 3,4 | 20% |
| exam 3 | 9 November | chapters 5,6 | 20% |
| Final | 1 December at 11 am | chapters 8,15,17, preceding chapters | 40% |
NO MAKEUP EXAMS. Make sure that relatives or friends don't make plans for you on these dates.
Homework problems are assigned weekly and can add up to 5% to your grade.
Materials from Class Notes
August 26, 1998 (Variation in Carbon Dioxide Levels)
September 9, 1998 (Kinetic Energy)
October 9, 1998
