Tue., Dec. 10 - Last day of classes

Thu., Dec. 5 - Quiz #4 (Laura Marling "Undine", "Blackberry Stone", "The Captain and the Hourglass", "The Muse")
Tue., Dec. 3 - Lightning safety, hurricanes
Thu., Nov. 28 - Thanksgiving Holiday
Tue., Nov. 26 - Lightning
Thu., Nov. 21 - Tornadoes pt. 2
Tue., Nov. 19 - Thunderstorms pt. 2, tornadoes pt. 1
Thu., Nov. 14 - Surface winds, water draining from sinks & toilets, thunderstorms pt. 1
Tue., Nov. 12 - Pressure gradient and Coriolis forces, upper level and surface winds in the northern & southern hemispheres

Thu., Nov. 7 - Quiz #3
Tue., Nov. 5 - Collision coalescence and ice crystal precipitation processes, types of precipitation
Thu., Oct. 31 - Condensation nuclei, cloud in a bottle, identifying and naming clouds
Tue., Oct. 29 - Humidity example problems, drying moist air, measuring humidity, heat index, condensation phenomena, cloud-in-a-bottle
Thu., Oct. 24 - Greenhouse effect pt. 2, effects of clouds on day- and night-time temperatures, global warming misconception,
                            introduction to humidity variables
Controls of Temperature (Climate) - Supplementary reading with a link to an Optional Assignment
Tue., Oct. 22 - Radiative equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere on light, atmospheric greenhouse effect

Thu., Oct. 17 - Quiz #2 (music: Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini "Dare To Live", Andrea Bocelli, Elisa "La Voce del Silenzio", Elisa "Dancing")
Tue., Oct. 15 - Electromagnetic radiation
Thu., Oct. 10 - Energy transport by conduction, convection, and latent heat.  Static electricity and electric fields?
Thu., Oct. 10 - Just the pictures, hardly any words
Tue., Oct. 8 - Introduction to energy and energy transport, energy and temperature, temperature scales, specific heat & latent heat
Tue., Oct. 8 - Just the pictures, very few words
Upper-level charts p. 3 - Optional reading
Upper-level charts pt. 2 - Optional reading
Upper-level charts pt. 1 - Suggested reading
Thu., Oct. 3 - Weather changes associated with cold and warm fronts, upper level charts
Thu., Oct. 3 - Just the pictures, almost no words
Tue., Oct. 1 - Surface weather maps, fronts
Tue., Oct. 1 - Just the pictures, no words

Thu., Sep. 26 - Quiz #1 (music: Sigur Ros "Von" (5:13), "Festival" (9:26), "Gooan Daginn" (5:13), The XX "Infinity" (5:16)
Tue., Sep. 24 - Surface weather maps, station model notation, isobars and isotherms
Thu., Sep. 19 - Ideal gas law, Charles' law, vertical forces acting on air parcels, Archimedes principle
Tue., Sep. 17 - Upward pressure force, air density changes with altitude, troposphere & stratosphere, exploring the atmosphere by balloon,
                         ideal gas law introduction
Thu., Sep. 12 - Upward air pressure force, mercury barometers, Practice Quiz
Tue., Sep. 10 - Mass, weight, density, and pressure
Thu., Sep. 5 - Sulfur dioxide, London-type smog, acid rain, particulate matter
Tue., Sep. 3 - Air pollution, carbon monoxide, tropospheric ozone and photochemical smog, scattering of light
Thu., Aug. 29 - Origin & evolution of the earth's atmosphere, stromatolites and banded iron formation
Tue., Aug. 27 - First day of class, course information, composition of the atmosphere