Reading material for Lectures

Material for Exam #1
January 16	Introduction to 500 mb maps The atmosphere Composition of the atmosphere
January 18	Temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere
January 23	Human response to air pressure and density changes More on 500 mb maps Why does the 500 mb height depend on air temperature?
January 25	The 500 mb weather pattern and weather terminology Winds
January 30	Winds Cyclogenesis
February 1	Cyclogenesis Numerical Weather Forecasting Water in the atmosphere
February 6	Water in the atmosphere A closer look at evaporation and condensation Relative humidity and Dew Point
February 8	Relative humidity and Dew Point Energy Transfer
February 13	Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort
Material for Exam #2
February 20	Clouds Moving air parcels up and down through the atmosphere Conditions which force air to rise
February 22	Precipitation Stability of the atmosphere Thunderstorms
February 27	Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms
March 1	Tornadoes Lightning
March 6	Lightning (material after in-class handout) Hurricane Introduction and Formation
March 8	Hurricane Movement and Damages Tornado Videos
March 20	Atlantic Hurricanes and Their Effects on the United States Impacts of extreme weather on the United States Ozone and the ozone hole
March 22	Ozone and the ozone hole Ultraviolet radiation and its effects
Material for Exam #3
March 22	Weather vs Climate
April 3	Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I Infrared Radiation, Greenhouse Effect, and Earth's Energy Budget II Introduction to Climate Change
April 5	Introduction to Climate Change(very bottom of page) Increasing Greenhouse Gases Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in Climate Prediction and Climate Models
April 10	Uncertainty in Climate Prediction and Climate Models(continued) Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change Potential Impacts of Global Warming Reconstructing Past Climates The Climate of the Pleistocene (top section of page)
April 12	The Climate of the Pleistocene Is the 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
April 17	Summary for Global Warming Cause of Seasonal Changes on Earth
April 19	Cause of Seasonal Changes on Earth (Continued) Many Climates Blue skies, red sunsets, white clouds, haze (Section is at bottom of the web page)