Upcoming Material
Read through the notes below if you want to have a look at class
material before it is covered in
class. We may cover the material in a slightly different way or
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23. Forces that cause
surface and upper level winds
24.
Draining water and thermal circulations
25. 1- and 3-cell
models of the earth global scale circulation
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1. Origin and composition
of
the atmosphere
2. Air pollutants pt.
1:
carbon
monoxide, tropospheric ozone and
photochemical smog
3. Air pollutants pt. 2:
sulfur
dioxide, acid rain, London-type smog, and
particulate matter
4. Mass, weight,
density and pressure
5. Changes in pressure, density,
and temperature with altitude in the atmosphere
6. The ideal gas law,
vertical forces, Archimedes law
7. Station model notation
8. Surface weather
maps
9. Upper level
charts
10. Energy,
temperature, and heat
11.
Energy
transport
by
conduction,
convection,
and latent heat
12.
Electromagnetic radiation pt. 1
13.
Electromagnetic radiation pt. 2
14. Radiative
equilibrium and the atmospheric greenhouse effect
15. Real
world energy balance and effects of clouds
16.
Controls of
temperature
17. Humidity variables
18.
Humidity example problems and applications
19. Dew, frost, haze,
and fog
20. Identifying
and naming clouds
21. Satellite
photographs and formation of precipitation pt. 1
22. Formation of
precipitation pt. 2