Table of Contents
Module 1. Composition of the
Atmosphere and Air Pollutants
Lecture 1 -
Origin and
Composition of the Atmosphere
Experiment #1 -
Percentage Concentration of Oxygen in Air
Lecture 2 -
Carbon
Monoxide, Ozone, and Photochemical Smog
Lecture 3 -
Sulfur
Dioxide, Acid Rain, London Smog, and Particulate
Matter
Acid Rain
Demonstration
Light
Scattering
Demonstration
Module 2. Mass, Weight, Density, and
Pressure
Lecture 4 - Mass,
Weight,
Density, and Pressure
Lecture 5 - Changes in
Atmospheric Pressure, Density, and Temperature with Altitude
Lecture 6 - The
Ideal Gas
Law, Vertical Forces, and Archimedes Principle
Upward Pressure
Force
Demonstration
Module 3. Surface and Upper Level
Weather Maps
Lecture 7 - Station
Model
Notation
Lecture 8 -
Surface
Weather Maps
Lecture 9 -
Upper
Level Weather Maps
Surface Weather Map
Analysis
Exercise
Module 4. Energy and Energy
Transport
Lecture 10 -
Energy,
Heat, Temperature, and Specific Heat
Lecture
11 - Conduction, Convection, and Latent Heat Energy
Transport
Lecture
12
- Electromagnetic Radiation
Experiment #2 - Latent Heat
of
Fusion of Ice
Module 5. Energy Balance and the
Greenhouse Effect
Lecture
13 - The Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation
Lecture 14 -
Radiative Equilibrium and the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect
Lecture
15
- Clouds and Energy Balance and a Global Warming Misconception
Experiment #3 - The
Energy
in Sunlight
Module 6. Climate and Climate
Change
Lecture 16a -
Climate Change Pt. 1
Lecture 16b -
Climate Change Pt. 2
Melting Ice and Sea Level
Rise
Demonstration
Lecture 17 - Causes of
the
Seasons
Lecture 18 -
Controls
of Temperature
Module 7. Humidity and
Condensation
Lecture 19 -
Humidity Variables
Lecture
20
- Humidity Example Problems and Applications
Lecture 21 -
Dew,
Frost, Haze and Fog
Module 8. Clouds and
Precipitation
Lecture 22 -
Identifying and Naming Clouds
Lecture 23
-
Satellite Photographs and the Collision Coalescence Process
Lecture 24 - The
Ice
Crystal Process and Types of Precipitation
Module 9. Large and
Small
Scale Winds
Lecture 25
-
Forces That Cause Upper Level and Surface Winds
Lecture
26 - Spinning Winds, Draining Sinks, and Thermal
Circulations
Lecture 27 -
Regional
Winds
Lecture 28 -
The
3-cell Model of the Earth's Global Scale Circulation
Module 10. Thunderstorms
and Tornadoes
Lecture 29 -
Atmospheric
Stability
Lecture 30 -
Air
Mass Thunderstorms
Lecture
31
- Severe Thunderstorms, Tornado Occurrence and Characteristics
Lecture 32 -
Tornado
Intensity and Damage
Lecture 33 - Lightning
Module 11. Hurricanes
Lecture 34 -
Hurricane
Development and Structure
Lecture 35 -
Hurricane
Intensity and Prediction
Module 12. Atmospheric Optical
Phenomena
Lecture 36 -
Rainbows,
Mirages, and the Green Flash