Announcements:

Friday, May 11:

Final grades have been posted. If you see any errors or have any questions, please contact me ASAP as I will turn in the official grades on Monday. I wish everyone a nice summer break.

Monday, April 30:

Grades (before the final) have been posted under the grades link. If you have any questions about the grading, the final exam, or just want to pick up your graded exam and essay, then you should come to class Tuesday, May 1. If you are satisfied with your current letter grade and have no interest in taking the final exam, then you do not need to come to class Tuesday. I will be out of the office all day today, April 30.

Monday, April 16:

The out of class essay that you need to write as part of exam 3 is described under this link Essay for exam 3. A paper copy of these instruction will NOT be passed out in class. The paper is due one class period before the exam (on Tuesday, April 24). If you are not going to attend class that day, you still need to get your essay to me by the end of your class period.

Monday, March 5:

Homework #5 has been placed under the homework link. A paper copy of this assignment will NOT be passed out in class. The two-page paper is not due until the class after the second exam. I assigned the paper now in case anyone wants to get it out of the way over spring break. As with homework #4, I will only accept electronic submissions (by email) for excused or extraordinary circumstances, i.e., you need to turn in a hard copy of the completed assignment to me on or before the due date or it will be treated as late.

Friday, February 23:

Homework #4 has been placed under the homework link. A paper copy of this assignment will NOT be passed out in class. We have already covered the material necessary to complete the assignment. It is due the day before spring break, Thursday, March 8. If you are going to miss class on that day, you need to make sure that you turn it in to me before the due date. I will only accept electronic submissions (by email) for excused or extraordinary circumstances, i.e., you need to turn in a hard copy of the completed assignment to me on or before the due date or it will be treated as late.

Thursday, February 22:

Grades for the exams are posted under the Grades link. Please verify that the correct grade is associated with your class webname.

Tuesday, February 6:

The due date for homework #3 has been changed to Thursday, February 15 to make sure that you have sufficient time to work on the problems. I still urge you to try to finish the homework by class time on Tuesday, February 13 as this will help you to understand the review for exam 1 as well as ask me questions about the homework itself.

Monday, January 29:

Grades for homework #1 are posted. Make sure that you can find the webname that you requested. If you forgot your webnamame, send me an email and I will let you know what you selected. NOTE: There are 6 students registered for section 001 that did not turn in homework #1 and 3 students registered for section 002 that did not turn in homework #1. Please complete the homework ASAP.

Monday, January 29:

On Wednesday, January 31, at 12 Noon in Gallagher Theatre, there will be a free showing of Al Gore's climate change / global warming movie "An Inconvient Truth", followed by a panel discussion lead by UA climate scientists click here for details. If you have not seen the movie, this is a great opportunity. We will cover climate change / global warming in the second half of the semester.

Thursday, January 11:

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.

Web page:

http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/spring07/atmo336s1n2/home.html

Course Hours/Location:

Section 1: Tuesday, Thursday   9:30 - 10:45  
Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS), Room 101.

Section 2: Tuesday, Thursday   11:00 - 12:15  
Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS), Room 101.

Instructor:

Dr. Dale Ward, Research Scientist
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Office: Physics and Atmospheric Sciences (PAS) Building, Room 566D.
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. or by appointment.
Phone: 626-7261 (voice mail)
Email: ward@atmo.arizona.edu(Recommended way to contact me)

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. 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 Thursday, May 10 from 8:00 - 10:00
Section 2: Final exam is Thursday, May 10 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%).