Reading material for Lectures

Material for Exam #1
August 29	Introduction to 500 mb maps 500 mb winds, Relationship to Southwest Monsoon, and the need for water
September 3	Discuss Term Paper Winds
September 5	Hurricane Introduction and Characteristics Hurricane Movement and Damages
September 10	Hurricane Movement and Damages(Continued) Hurricane Cycles, Links to Climate Change, and trends in hurricane damages in the USA
September 12	Hurricane Cycles, Links to Climate Change, and trends in hurricane damages in the USA(Last two sections) The atmosphere Some properties of gases
September 17	Composition of the atmosphere Temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere Human response to air pressure and density changes The Skew-T Diagram In-class text notes (WORD document)
September 19	Water in the atmosphere A closer look at evaporation and condensation In-class text notes (WORD document) End of Exam 1 Material
Material for Exam #2
October 1	Relative humidity and Dew Point Relative Humidity and Dew Point Notes (WORD document) Energy Transfer
October 3	Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort Clouds Why Does Rising Air Cool? Conditions under which air is forced to rise
October 8	Precipitation Moving air parcels up and down through the atmosphere Stability of the atmosphere
October 10	Introduction to Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms
October 15	Tornadoes Hurricane Energetics Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather
October 17	Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather (Continued) Lightning Review Surface Heating, Free Convection, and Development of a Mixed (or Boundary) Layer
October 22	Review 500 mb height maps Review 500 mb winds; Estimating Precipitation areas from 500 mb maps (Quick Review) Weather forecasting using 500 mb height maps
October 24	The 500 mb weather pattern and weather terminology A crash course in cyclogenesis Numerical Weather Forecasting End of Exam 2 Material
Material for Exam #3
November 5	Ozone and the ozone hole Ultraviolet radiation and its effects WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Ozone and UV Exposure Weather vs Climate Introduction to Climate Change WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate, Climate Change, and Global Warming
November 7	Introduction to Climate Change (Last 3 paragraphs) Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Radiation and Radiative Equilibrium Temperature Infrared Radiation, Greenhouse Effect, and Earth's Energy Budget II Increasing Greenhouse Gases
November 12	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in Climate Prediction and Climate Models Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change
November 14	Potential Impacts of Global Warming Reconstructing Past Climates The Climate of the Pleistocene Is Life on Earth Fragile or Robust? WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History
November 19	The Climate of the Holocene WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History Controversy: Global Average Temperature Reconstruction over the last 2000 years The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today Global Warming Summary and Discussion
November 21	Global Warming Summary and Discussion(Bottom Section) Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Seasonal Changes
November 26	Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth (Continued) Factors that control climate Blue skies, red sunsets, white clouds, haze WORD Document Containing in-class text notes End of Exam 3 material