Textbook Reading Assignments

Note: Start at the bottom and move up.  Past assignments are light blue, the most recent assignment is highlighted in yellow.  Upcoming assignments are shaded gray.

Date of Assignment
Topic
Pages
Comments
Thursday Oct. 30
Formation of Precipitation, Types of Precipitation
pps 189-202


Cloud Types
pps 169-180


Forms of Condensation
Types of Fog
pps 138-140
pps 148-151


Measuring Humidity
pps 138-140

Friday Oct. 17
Atmospheric Moisture
pps 123-133
up to, but not including, Methods of Achieving Saturation
Thursday Oct. 2
Controls of Temperature

Not in the text.  Click on the link and read the online notes
Thursday Oct. 2
Electromagnetic Radiation
pps 34-42

Friday Sep. 26
Energy, Conduction, Convection
Free & Forced Convection, Sensible Heat,
Latent Heat
pps 31-33
pps 64-67

Monday Sep. 15
Pressure, Ideal Gas Law, Barometers
93-100
up to, but not including, The Distribution of Pressure
Thursday Sep. 11
Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere,
Weather Basics
Weather Map Symbols
16-27

525-529



Friday Aug. 29
Air Pollution
428-437
up to, but not including, Atmospheric Controls on Air Pollution
Tuesday Aug. 26
Composition of the atmosphere
2-14
up to, but not including, Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere