Wed., May 7 - Last day of classes,  Final Exam review pt. 1
Mon., May 5 - Course evaluation, grade summaries, and information about the Final Exam
Fri., May 2 - Hurricanes

Wed., Apr. 30 - Quiz #4 (music: Rodrigo y Gabriela "The Soundmaker", "Fram"
Mon., Apr. 28 - Lightning
Fri., Apr. 25 - Tornadoes pt. 2: life cycle, hook echoes, Fujita scale
Wed., Apr. 23 - Thunderstorms pt. 1 severe storms, tornadoes pt. 1, basic characteristics
Mon., Apr. 21 - Thunderstorms pt. 1, life cycle of an air mass thunderstorm, gust fronts, microbursts
Fri., Apr. 18 - 3-cell model features in the real world, ocean currents, SW monsoon, water draining from sinks & toilets
Wed., Apr. 16 - Thermal circulations, 3-cell model of the earth's global scale circulation
Mon., Apr. 14 - Upper level and surface winds in the N. & S. hemispheres
Fri., Apr. 11 - Forces that cause the wind to blow, upper level winds in the N. & S. hemispheres

Wed., Apr. 09 - Quiz #3 (music: Norah Jones "Out on the Road", "Summertime")
Mon., Apr. 07 - Ice crystal process, types of precipitation, IR satellite photographs
Fri., Apr. 04 - Turning cloud particles into precipitation - collision coalescence & the ice crystal processes
Wed., Apr. 02 - Identifying and naming clouds pt. 2
Mon., Mar. 31 - Cloud condensation nuclei, haze & fog, cloud in a bottle, clouds & climate change,
                                 identifying & naming clouds pt. 1
Fri., Mar. 28 - Rain shadow effect, measuring humidity, dew & frost, drinking bird
Wed., Mar. 26 - Humidity example problems
Saturating Air with Water Vapor - suggested reading
Mon., Mar. 24 - Humidity variables introduction

Fri., Mar. 14 - class canceled
Wed., Mar. 12 - Quiz #2 (music: Andrea Bocelli & Laura Pausini "Vivere", Andrea Bocelli & Elisa
                        "La Voce del Silenzio"
Mon., Mar. 10 - Controls of temperature
Fri., Mar. 7 - Realistic earth-atmosphere-space energy balance, effects of clouds on day and nighttime temperatures,
                         global warming misconception
Wed., Mar. 5 - Radiative equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere on light, atmospheric greenhouse effect
Mon., Mar. 3 - EM radiation emitted by the earth and sun; tungsten, CFL, and LED bulbs; warm & cool white light
Fri., Feb. 28 - Electromagnetic radiation, EM spectrum, rules governing the emission of EM radiation
Wed., Feb. 26 - Energy transport by convection, latent heat energy transport
Mon., Feb. 24 - Energy transport by conduction, measuring the energy needed to evaporate liquid nitrogen
Fri., Feb. 21 - Introduction to energy & energy transport

Wed., Feb. 19 - Quiz #1 (music: Sigur Ros "Von", "Festival", "Gooan Daginn")
Upper-level charts Pt. 3 - Optional reading
Upper-level charts Pt. 2 - Optional reading
Upper-level charts Pt. 1 - Recommended reading
Mon., Feb. 17 - Locating a warm front on a surface map, upper level charts
Fri., Feb. 14 - Cold & warm fronts
Wed., Feb. 12 - Surface maps, isobars & isotherms, high & low pressure centers, pressure gradient
Mon., Feb. 10 - Surface weather maps, station model notation
Fri., Feb. 07 - Air density changes with altitude, troposphere & stratosphere, exploring the atmosphere by balloon
Wed., Feb. 05 - Archimedes Law, Practice Quiz
Mon., Feb. 03 - Ideal gas law, Charles' law, vertical forces acting on parcels of air
Fri., Jan. 31 - Upward air pressure force, mercury barometers, typical and extreme sea level pressure values
Wed., Jan. 29 - Atmospheric pressure, pressure units, pressure decreases with increasing altitude
Mon., Jan. 27 - SO₂ and acid rain; particulate matter; mass, weight, and density
Fri., Jan. 24 - Air quality index, tropospheric ozone and photochemical smog, sulfur dioxide and London-type smog
Wed., Jan. 22 - Air pollutants, carbon monoxide, scattering of light
Mon., Jan. 20 - Martin Luther King Holiday
Fri., Jan. 17 - Origin & evolution of the earth's atmosphere, stromatolites and banded iron formation, oxygen and ozone, trace gases
Wed., Jan. 15 - First day of class, composition of the atmosphere, dew point temperature,  Pluto's Gate to Hell