Reading material for Lectures

Material for Exam #1
January 15	Introduction to 500 mb maps 500 mb handout, side 1 500 mb handout, side 2
January 20	Introduction to 500 mb maps (Review) Winds and Precipitation from 500 mb maps 500 mb handout II, side 1 500 mb handout II, side 2
January 22	Discuss Research Paper Weather Forecasting using 500 mb Height Maps The 500 mb weather pattern, Longwaves, Shortwaves, and Common weather terminology
January 25	The 500 mb weather pattern, Longwaves, Shortwaves, and Common weather terminology(Continued) Numerical Weather Forecasting
January 27	The atmosphere Properties of gases; Kinetic Model
January 29	Composition of the atmosphere Temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere
February 1	Human response to air pressure and density changes The Skew-T Diagram Winds
February 3	Winds (continued) A crash course in cyclogenesis Water in the Atmosphere
February 5	Water in the Atmosphere A closer look at evaporation and condensation In-class text notes for phase changes of water (WORD document) End of Exam 1 Material

Material for Exam #2
February 12	Relative humidity and Dew Point In-class text notes for Relative Humidity and Dewpoint (WORD document)
February 15	Energy Transfer Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort
February 17	Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort (Last two sections) Clouds Why Does Rising Air Cool?
February 19	Conditions under which air is forced to rise Precipitation Moving air parcels up and down through the atmosphere Stability of the atmosphere
February 22	Stability of the atmosphere (continued) Introduction to Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms
February 24	Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms (continued)
February 26	Tornadoes
February 29	Tornadoes(Continued) End of Exam 2 Material

Material for Exam #3
March 7	Lightning
March 9	Hurricane Introduction and Characteristics Hurricane Strengthening and Energetics
March 11	No Class
March 21	Hurricane Movement and Damages
March 23	Hurricane Cycles, Links to Climate Change, and trends in hurricane damages The North American Monsoon (Arizona Monsoon)
March 25	Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather Ozone and the ozone hole WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Ozone and UV Exposure
March 28	Ozone and the ozone hole (continued) Ultraviolet radiation and its effects WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Ozone and UV Exposure Weather vs Climate WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate, Climate Change, and Global Warming
March 30	Introduction to Climate Change WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate, Climate Change, and Global Warming 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 End of Exam 3 Material

Material for Exam #4
April 8	Increasing Greenhouse Gases Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on the carbon cycle
April 11	Uncertainty in Climate Prediction and Climate Modeling Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on feedbacks in the climate system
April 13	Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change (Continued) Potential Impacts of Global Warming
April 15	Potential Impacts of Global Warming (Bottom Section) Reconstructing Past Climates The Climate of the Pleistocene Is Life on Earth Fragile or Robust? The Climate of the Holocene WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History
April 18	Controversy: Global Average Temperature Reconstruction over the last 2000 years The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today Global Warming Summary and Discussion WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History Discuss homework 4 -- Global Warming Essay
April 20	Global Warming Summary and Discussion (Bottom Section) Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Seasonal Changes
April 22	Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth (continued)
April 25	Many Climates Blue skies, red sunsets, white clouds, haze WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on climates and optical phenomena End of Exam 4 material

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