Announcements:

Friday, May 15:

Final grades are posted under the grades link. The gradescale is A (89 or higher), B (78-88), C (66-77), D (50-65), E (lower than 50). If you have any questions or concerns please contact me ASAP as I will be uploading official grades on Monday. I wish you all a nice summer break.

Thursday, April 23:

Homework 5 grades are now included in the calculation of your projected average. See yesterday's announcement below.

Friday, April 17:

Homework #6 is posted under the homework link. It is a short essay due April 28, which is the class before the third exam. Please look over the assignment. I will discuss the assignment in class on Tuesday. I would prefer that you do not begin writing your paper until after I finish the lecture material on global warming on Tuesday as I would like you to consider that material in your essay.

Monday, March 9:

Homework #5 is posted under the homework link. It is not due until April 7, which is after the second exam. This is a short research paper and is not based on lecture material, so you are able to do it anytime. I posted the assignment now to give you the opportunity to complete it over spring break if you desire.

Monday, March 2:

Homework #4 is posted under the homework link. It is due on March 12, the class before spring break, so plan accordingly.

Tuesday, February 17:

Grades for homework #2 are posted under the grades link. Also I put together a topic outline for exam #1 (WORD Format)

Wednesday, February 4:

Homework #3 is available under the homework link. It is composed of 6 problems. We have already covered material necessary to answer questions 4-6. We will cover the material to help answer questions 1-3 next week. This homework is due on the day of the first exam, February 19.

Wednesday, January 28:

Homework #2 is available under the homework link. Please read it over. I will discuss the homework in class tomorrow and again next week. It is not due until February 10.

Friday, January 23:

Grades for homework #1 are posted under the Grades link. Please check that you can find your selected Class ID. If you forgot your ID, send me an email and I will let you know what you selected. Note there are 5 students registered for the class who have not submitted homework 1. Please do this ASAP.

Course Objectives:

This course examines basic weather phenomena, climate variability and climate change, and their associated effects on people. The possibility and implications of human-caused changes in the climate system are also discussed.

Web page:

http://www.atmo.arizona.edu/students/courselinks/spring09/atmo336/home.html

Course Hours/Location:

Tuesday, Thursday   9:30 - 10:45  
Integrated Learning Center (ILC), Room 130.

Instructor:

Dr. Dale Ward, Lecturer / Research Scientist
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Email: ward@atmo.arizona.edu (Best way to contact me)
Office: Physics and Atmospheric Sciences (PAS) Building, Room 566D.
Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. or by appointment.
Phone: 626-7261 (NOT best way to contact me)

Teaching Assistant:

Mike Stovern
Email: stovern@atmo.arizona.edu
Office: Physics and Atmospheric Sciences (PAS) Building, Room 526
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00 or by appointment.
Phone: 621-6843

Class Notes / Important Dates:

There is no textbook for this course. Lectures will be based on the Lecture Pages available from the class web page and additional material that will be distributed during lectrues throughout the semester.

Important dates, such as homework deadlines, exam dates, etc., will be posted in the class calendar.

Grading:

Homework:

Homework assignments will be given periodically during the semester. These will consist of short written papers and brief problem sets.

Your homework assignments will be graded on the quality and clarity of your English as well as their content. No cheating, fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, or plagiarism will be tolerated.

All homework assignments assigned during class will also be available on the class web page. Homework assignments turned in late will incur a grade reduction of 10% per day. Homework accounts for 25% of your final grade.

Exams:

There will be 3 in-class exams and a final exam. Exam grades account for 75% of your final grade. Each in-class exam will account for 25% of your final grade. The exams will consist of a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions.

Questions from previous exams will be made available on the class web pages.

Final exam is Thursday, May 14 from 8:00 - 10:00 in the regular classroom, ILC 130.

Exam Policy:

You are expected to read the relevant material from the class notes. Exams will be taken from both the lecture material (including web pages and links therein) and the reading assignments.

Please contact the instructor (preferrably via e-mail) as soon as possible if for an unexpected reason you are unable to be in class for an exam. A make-up exam will be arranged with sufficient proof. No make-up exam will be given unless you notify the instructor BEFORE missing the exam in class. In general, I would prefer make-up exams to be taken before the exam is given in class.

Grade Scale:

Your final grade will be curved and therefore depends on everybody else's grades. However, the grade scale will not be any more difficult than A(90%); B(80%); C(70%); D(60%).