Lecture Notes
May 02 - Last day of class formalities
Apr. 27 - Hurricane notes (not covered in
class)
Apr. 27 - Quiz #4
Apr. 25 - Lightning
Apr. 20 - Tornadoes pt. 2
Apr. 18 - Thunderstorms, tornadoes pt. 1
Apr. 13 - Surface winds, thermal
circulations, global scale winds
Apr. 11 - Newton's laws of
motions, forces
that cause horizontal winds, in-class optional assignment
Apr. 06 - Quiz #3
Apr. 04 - Ice crystal process, types of
precipitation, satellite photographs
Mar. 30 - Cloud identification, formation
of precipitation, collision coalescence process
Mar. 28 - Dry and wet haze,
fog, cloud in a
bottle demonstration, 10 main cloud names
Mar. 23 - Humidity problems, drying moist
air, rain shadow, dew & frost, condensation nuclei
Mar. 21 - Humidity variables,
evaporation, saturation of air with water vapor, humidity calculations
Mar. 09 - Quiz #2
Mar. 07 - Winter and summer solstices,
scattering of light
Mar. 02 - Causes of the seasons, Expt.
#3, equinoxes
Feb. 28 - Radiative equilibrium,
filtering effect of the atmosphere, greenhouse effect, effects of
clouds
Feb. 23 - Electromagnetic radiation,
rules governing the emission or EM radiation, radiation emitted by the
earth and sun
Feb. 21 - Temperature scales, energy
transport by conduction and convection, phase changes and latent heat
Controls of Temperature - Online
version of material from Chapter 3
Feb. 16 - Quiz #1
Feb. 14 - Surface and upper level chart
relationships, Chap. 2 introduction, energy and temperature
Feb. 09 - Pressure gradients and wind
speed, temperature patterns and fronts, upper level charts
Feb. 07 - Station model notation, isobars
and isotherms, surface high and low pressure centers
Feb. 02 - Stratospheric ozone, ozone
depletion, Practice Quiz
Jan. 31 - Mercury barometer, ideal gas
law, Charles's Law, rising and sinking parcels of air
Jan. 26 - Sea level pressure and pressure
units, changes in air pressure and density with altitude, upward
pressure force
Jan. 24 - Carbon monoxide, inversions,
troposphere & stratosphere, Auguste Piccard, mass & weight
Jan. 19 - Carbon dioxide and climate
change, ozone and photochemical smog, Expt. 1, carbon monoxide
Jan. 17 - Sulfur dioxide, acid rain
demonstration, carbon dioxide, carbon cycle
Jan. 12 - First day of class, composition
and evolution of the atmosphere, dew point temperature