Contents
Wed., May 4 - Final Exam review pt. 1
Mon., May 2 - Hurricanes pt. 3
Fri., Apr. 29 - Hurricanes pt. 2
Wed., Apr. 27 - Quiz #4 (music
from Jake Shimabukuro: "Ukelele Bros.", "Trapped", "Bring Your Adz",
Mon., Apr. 25 - Lightning safety;
sprites,
elves, & blue jets; hurricanes pt. 1
Fri., Apr. 22 - Lightning pt. 1
Wed., Apr. 20 - Tornadoes pt. 2
Mon., Apr. 18 - Tornadoes pt. 1
Fri., Apr. 15 - Thunderstorms,
microbursts,
gust fronts, wind shear, severe storms
Wed., Apr. 13 - Ocean currents, El Nino
&
La Nina, SW Monsoon, thunderstorms pt. 1
Mon., Apr. 11 - Thermal circulations, 1- and
3-cell models of the earth's global circulation
Fri., Apr. 8 - Surface winds,
cause of the
Coriolis force, water draining from sinks & toilets
Wed., Apr. 6 - Quiz #3
(an odd
mix of music from: Everyone
Orchestra "Conducted Jam", Apocalyptica "Nothing Else
Mon., Apr. 4 - Forces
that
cause
surface
and
upper
level
winds,
winds
in
the
northern
&
southern
hemisphere
Fri., Apr. 1 - Cold clouds, ice
crystal process, types of precipitation
Wed., Mar. 30 - Cumulonimbus
clouds, satellite
photographs, collision-coalescence precipitation-producing process
Bonus Notes - Fog in Tucson
Mon., Mar. 28 - Naming and
identifying clouds, heat index, clouds and climate change, wild animals
Fri., Mar. 25 - Rain shadow effect,
measuring humidity, dew & frost, condensation nuclei, haze and fog
Wed., Mar. 23 - Humidity problem examples,
drying moist air
Mon., Mar. 21 - Introduction to humidity
variables
Fri., Mar. 11 - Rainbows, mirages, and the
green flash
Wed., Mar. 09 - Quiz #2 (music
from Sigur Ros: "Fljotavik",
"Festival" and
part of "Med sud i
eyrum")
Mon., Mar. 07 - Causes of the seasons
Fri., Mar. 04 - Controls of temperature
(climate), an awesome field experiment
Wed., Mar. 02 - Greenhouse effect
continued,
effects of clouds on daytime and nighttime temperatures,
global warming misconception
Mon., Feb. 28 - CFL
bulbs, Radiative
equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere, atmospheric
greenhouse effect
Fri., Feb. 25 - Wavelength,
frequency,
energy;
EM
spectrum, rules governing the emission of EM radiation,
radiation emitted by the earth
& sun
Wed., Feb. 23 - Latent heat energy
transport, static electricity and electric fields, Bertrand Piccard?
Mon., Feb. 21 - Heat and
temperature, temperature scales, conduction and convection, wind chill
temperature
Fri., Feb. 18 - Introduction
to energy &
energy transport, specific heat & latent heat
Wed., Feb. 16 - Quiz #1 (music
from Carmina Burana, misc. information
mentioned before the quiz)
Upper-Level Charts pt. 3 -
supplementary (optional) reading
Upper-Level Charts pt. 2
-
supplementary (optional) reading
Upper-Level Charts pt. 1
-
required reading
Mon., Feb. 14 - Warm fronts, upper level
charts
Fri., Feb. 11 - Warm and cold fronts, weather
changes associated with cold fronts, Jacques Piccard
Wed., Feb. 9 - Surface weather maps, isotherms
& isobars, pressure gradient and wind speed
Mon., Feb. 7 - Station model notation,
Archimedes Law
Fri., Feb. 4 - Charles' law, vertical forces
acting on air parcels, convection, Auguste Piccard
Wed., Feb. 2 - Ideal gas law, Practice Quiz
Mon., Jan. 31 - Barometers, upward pressure
force, troposphere & stratosphere
Fri., Jan. 28 - Air density, air pressure,
changes in pressure and density with altitude
Wed., Jan. 26 - Tropospheric ozone and
photochemical smog; stratospheric ozone; mass & weight
Mon., Jan. 24 - Sulfur dioxide pt. 2,
particulate matter, effects of particulates on visibility
Fri., Jan. 21 - Carbon monoxide, scattering of
light, sulfur dioxide pt. 1
Wed., Jan. 19 - Origin of the atmosphere,
stromatolites & banded iron formation, greenhouse gases and
pollutants
Mon., Jan. 17 - MLK Day, no class
Fri., Jan. 14 - First day of class