Announcements:

Wednesday, May 10:

Final course grades have been posted on the grades link. Have a nice summer!

Friday, May 5:

Grade sheets have been updated as of Friday at 4:00 PM

Monday, May 1:

Grades without the final exam are posted on grades link.
HWAVE is homework average. It was computed by weighting homeworks 2, 3, 4, 5 equally. Homework 1 counted as extra credit.
Class Ave is average of HWAVE and exams 1, 2, and 3.
Grade scale:
A > 89%
B > 78%
C > 67%
D > 50%
E < 50%
Letter is the letter grade you will get if you do not take final exam
L+1 Tells you what you need on the final exam to raise your letter grade by one
NOTE: If you believe that the homework grade is causing you to be lower than you would like, you should come to class tomorrow or talk to me in person ASAP.
Exam 3 will be returned in class tomorrow

Wednesday, April 19:

As mentioned during lecture, part of Exam 3 will include a short essay that you will write before the exam and submit in class on the day of the exam, Thursday, April, 27.

Wednesday, March 8:

Homework #5 is available on the homework link. A paper copy will NOT be distributed in class. It is due Tuesday, April 4. Read the assignment carefully ... points will be deducted for not following instructions on paper content. Also read over the hints/reminders listed under the homework #5 link. If you turn in the paper anytime prior to the end of class on Thursday, March 30, you will receive 10% extra credit for this assignment.

Wednesday, February 22:

Homework #4 is available on the homework link. A paper copy will be distributed in class tomorrow. It is due Thursday, March 2.

Grades for exam 1 and homework 3 are posted. They will be returned to you in class tomorrow.

Tuesday, February 14:

Homework #2 (500 mb map analysis) grades are posted. If you would like to pick up your graded homework before Thursday, you can get it from me.

Sunday, February 5:

All of the maps you need to finish homework #2 are available under the homework link.

Thursday, February 2:

I posted homework #3 under the homework link. I will pass out a paper copy of the assignment in class on Tuesday. You can start the homework if you like, however, we have not covered much of the relevant material in lecture yet. You should be able to answer question 6 though.

Thursday, January 26:

If you missed class today, I went over homework #2. You can access everything from the homework link, you just missed my in-class explanation.

Monday, January 23:

Grades for homework #1 are posted under the grades link. Please make sure you can find your class webname. If you forgot it or cannot find it, please send me a message. Course grades will be posted by your webname.

Thursday, January 12:

Welcome to Atmospheric Sciences 336. Periodically check this area for announcements.

Course Objectives:

This course examines basic weather phenomena, climate variability and climate change, and their associated effects on people. The possibility and implications of human-caused changes in the climate system are also discussed.

Course Hours/Location:

Section 1: Tuesday, Thursday   9:30 - 10:45 PM  
Biological Sciences West (BIO W), Room 208.

Section 2: Tuesday, Thursday   11:00 - 12:15 PM  
Biological Sciences West (BIO W), Room 208.

Web page:

http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/spring06/atmo336/home.html

Instructor:

Dr. Dale Ward, Research Scientist
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Email: ward@atmo.arizona.edu
Office: Physics and Atmospheric Sciences (PAS) Building, Room 566D.

Teaching Assistant:

Class Notes / Important Dates:

There is no textbook for this course. Lectures will be based on the Lecture Pages available from the class web page and additional material that will be distributed during lectrues throughout the semester.

Important dates, such as homework deadlines, exam dates, etc., will be posted in the class calendar.

Grading:

Homework:

Homework assignments will be given periodically during the semester. These will consist of short written papers and brief problem sets.

Your homework assignments will be graded on the quality and clarity of your English as well as their content. No cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, or plagiarism will be tolerated.

All homework assignments assigned during class will also be available on the class web page. Homework assignments turned in late will incur a grade reduction of 10% per day. Homework accounts for 25% of your final grade.

Exams:

There will be 3 in-class exams and a final exam. You will be given the entire class period to complete each exam. Exam grades account for 75% of your final grade. Each in-class exam will account for 25% of your final grade. The exams will consist of a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions.

Questions from previous exams will be made available on the class web pages.

Section 1: Final exam is Tuesday, May 9 from 8:00 - 10:00
Section 2: Final exam is Tuesday, May 9 from 11:00 - 1:00

Exam Policy:

You are expected to read the relevant material from the class notes. Exams will be taken from both the lecture material (including web pages and links therein) and the reading assignments.

Please contact the instructor (preferrably via e-mail) as soon as possible if for an unexpected reason you are unable to be in class for an exam. A make-up exam will be arranged with sufficient proof. No make-up exam will be given unless you notify the instructor BEFORE missing the exam in class. In general, I would prefer make-up exams to be taken before the exam is given in class.

Grade Scale:

Your final grade will be curved and therefore depends on everybody else's grades. However, the grade scale will not be any more difficult than A(90%); B(80%); C(70%); D(60%).