Thu., May 10 - Final Exam (music from
Carmen: Habanera,
Danse Boheme, March of the
Toreadors)
Tue., May 01 - Hurricanes, final exam
information
Thu., Apr. 26 - Quiz #4
Tue., Apr. 24 - Tornadoes pt. 2 and
lightning
Thu., Apr. 19 - Tornadoes pt. 1
Tue., Apr. 17 - 3-cell model features in
the real world, thunderstorms
Thu., Apr. 12 - Cause of the Coriolis
force, thermal circulations, 1- and 3-cell models of the earth's global
scale pressure and wind patterns
Tue., Apr. 10 - Forces that
cause surface and
upper level winds, surface and upper level winds in the
northern &
southern hemispheres,
surface winds, water draining
from sinks and toilets
Thu., Apr. 05 - Quiz
#3 (music: "La Voce del Silenzio"
with
Andrea
Bocelli
and
Elisa,
and
"Dancing"
sung
by
Elisa)
Tue., Apr. 03 - Formation and types of
precipitation
Thu., Mar. 29 - Identifying and naming
clouds
Tue., Mar. 27 - Measuring humidity, dew
and frost, condensation nuclei, haze and fog, cloud in a bottle, clouds
and climate change
Thu., Mar. 22 - Humidity example
problems, the Spring Equinox, Manhattanhenge, drying moist air,
rainshadow effect
Controls of
Temperature - Required and optional reading
Tue., Mar. 20 - Introduction to humidity
variables, controls of
temperature
Thu., Mar. 7 - Quiz #2 (music:
Israel
Kamakawiwo'ole
"Somewhere
Over the
Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" and "Ka Huila Wai")
Tue., Mar. 6 - The atmospheric greenhouse
effect, effects of clouds on daytime and nighttime temperatures?
Thu., Mar. 1 - Rules governing the
emission of EM radiation; light emitted by the earth, sun, &
tungsten bulbs; radiative equilibrium;
filtering effect of the atmosphere
Tue., Feb. 28 - Latent heat energy
transport, static electricity, electric fields and electromagnetic
radiation
Thu., Feb. 23 - Temperature & heat,
energy transport by conduction & convection
Tue., Feb. 21 - Locating fronts on
weather maps, upper level charts, introduction to energy
& energy transport,
specific heat & latent heat
Thu., Feb. 16 - Quiz #1 (music:
"Oaxaca"
from
Maserati)
Upper-level charts pt. 3
- Supplementary reading
Upper-level charts pt. 2 -
Supplementary reading
Upper-level charts pt. 1 -
required reading
Tue., Feb. 14 - Surface weather map
features, high and
low pressure
centers, warm and cold fronts
Thu., Feb. 09 - Station model notation,
surface weather map analysis
Tue., Feb. 07 - Charles Law, vertical
forces acting on air parcels, Archimedes law, Jacques Piccard,
Thu., Feb. 02 - Ideal gas law, Auguste
Piccard, Practice Quiz
Tue., Jan. 31 - Air density changes with
altitude, upward pressure difference force, troposphere &
stratosphere, Auguste Piccard?
Thu., Jan. 26 - Mass, weight, density,
and pressure; pressure vs altitude; mercury barometer
Tue., Jan. 24 - Sulfur dioxide & acid
rain, particulate matter; mass, weight, density & pressure?
Thu., Jan. 19 - Carbon monoxide,
tropospheric ozone and photochemical smog
Tue., Jan. 17 - Origin and Evolution of
the earth's atmosphere, air pollutants, scattering of light