Reading material for Lectures

Material for Exam #1
January 11	Introduction to 500 mb maps
January 14	Winds and Precipitation from 500 mb maps Weather Forecasting using 500 mb Height Maps
January 16	Discuss term paper The 500 mb weather pattern and weather terminology
January 18	The 500 mb weather pattern and weather terminology(continued) The atmosphere Some properties of gases
January 23	Some properties of gases (Continued) Composition of the atmosphere
January 25	Temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere
January 28	Human response to air pressure and density changes The Skew-T Diagram Winds
January 30	Winds(Continued) A crash course in cyclogenesis Numerical Weather Forecasting
February 1	Numerical Weather Forecasting(Ensemble Forecasting) Water in the Atmosphere A closer look at evaporation and condensation In-class text notes for phase changes of water (WORD document)
February 4	A closer look at evaporation and condensation (Continued) Relative humidity and Dew Point In-class text notes for Relative Humidity and Dewpoint (WORD document)
February 6	Energy Transfer Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort End of Exam 1 Material

Material for Exam #2
February 8	Clouds Why Does Rising Air Cool? Conditions under which air is forced to rise
February 15	Precipitation Moving air parcels up and down through the atmosphere
February 18	Stability of the atmosphere Introduction to Thunderstorms
February 20	Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms
February 22	Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms (Last 2 sections) Tornadoes
February 25	Tornadoes (Continued) Lightning
February 27	Lightning (Continue with lightning safety) Hurricane Introduction and Characteristics
March 1	Hurricane Strengthening and Energetics Hurricane Movement and Damages
March 4	Hurricane Movement and Damages (Continued) Hurricane Cycles, Links to Climate Change, and trends in hurricane damages
March 6	Hurricane Cycles, Links to Climate Change, and trends in hurricane damages (Continued) Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather
March 18	Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather (Continued) Ozone and the ozone hole
March 20	Ozone and the ozone hole Ultraviolet radiation and its effects WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Ozone and UV Exposure End of Exam 2 material

Material for Exam #3
March 22	Weather vs Climate Introduction to Climate Change WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate, Climate Change, and Global Warming
March 29	Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Radiation and Radiative Equilibrium Temperature
April 1	Infrared Radiation, Greenhouse Effect, and Earth's Energy Budget II Increasing Greenhouse Gases
April 3	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in Climate Prediction and Climate Models WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Carbon Cycle
April 5	Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change Potential Impacts of Global Warming
April 8	Potential Impacts of Global Warming(Continued) Reconstructing Past Climates The Climate of the Pleistocene WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History
April 10	Is Life on Earth Fragile or Robust? The Climate of the Holocene Controversy: Global Average Temperature Reconstruction over the last 2000 years The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History
April 12	The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today(Continued) Global Warming Summary and Discussion Discuss homework 5
April 15	Global Warming Summary and Discussion(Bottom Section) Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Seasonal Changes
April 17	Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth (continued) WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Seasonal Changes
April 19	Many Climates Blue skies, red sunsets, white clouds, haze WORD Document Containing in-class text notes End of Exam 3 material