Wed., Dec. 7 - Final Exam review Pt. 1
Mon., Dec. 5 - Course evalution, final exam information
Fri., Dec. 2 - Hurricanes
Wed., Nov. 30 - Quiz #4(music:
"Attaboy" and
"Hill Justice" from The Goat
Rodeo Sessions)
Mon., Nov. 28 - Lightning
Fri., Nov. 25 - Thanksgiving Holiday
Wed., Nov. 23 - Class cancelled
Mon., Nov. 21 - Tornadoes pt. 2
Fri., Nov. 18 - Thunderstorms pt. 2, tornadoes
pt. 1
Wed., Nov. 16 - Ocean currents, SW monsoon,
thunderstorms pt. 1
Mon., Nov. 14 - Thermal circulations, 1- and
3-cell models of the earth's global scale pressure and wind patterns.
Fri., Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Holiday
Wed., Nov. 9 - Cause of the Coriolis force,
surface winds, water draining from sinks and toilets
Mon., Nov. 7 - Forces that cause surface and
upper level winds, surface and upper level winds in the
northern &
southern hemispheres
Fri., Nov. 4 - Climate change pt. 2
Wed., Nov. 2 - Quiz #3
Mon., Oct. 31 - Climate change pt. 1
Fri., Oct. 28 - Cold clouds,
precipitation producing processes pt. 2: ice crystal process, types of
precipitation
Wed., Oct. 26 - Satellite photographs,
precipitation-producing processes pt. 1: collision-coalescence process
Mon., Oct. 24 - Naming and identifying
clouds
Fri., Oct. 21 - Condensation nuclei, fog
& haze, cloud in a bottle demonstration
Wed., Oct. 19 - Drying moist air, rain
shadow effect, measuring humidity, dew frost and frozen dew
Mon., Oct. 17 - Saturation of air,
humidity problem examples
Controls of
temperature - required and optional reading
Fri., Oct. 14 - Controls of temperature,
humidity variables
Wed., Oct. 12 - Quiz #2 (music:
"Nocturne" and
"Irna" from
Cirque du Soleil's Alegria)
Mon., Oct. 10 - Energy balance on the
earth, effects of clouds on daytime and nighttime temperatures,
global warming misconception
Fri., Oct. 7 - CFL
bulbs, Radiative
equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere, atmospheric
greenhouse effect
Wed., Oct. 5 - Wavelength &
frequency, EM spectrum, rules governing emission of EM radiation
Mon., Oct. 3 - Latent heat energy
transport, static electricity, electric fields and electromagnetic
radiation
Fri., Sep. 30 - Heat & temperature,
temperature scales, energy transport by conduction & convection
Wed., Sep. 28 - Introduction to energy
and energy transport, specific heat & latent heat
Upper-level charts pt. 3
- supplementary reading
Upper-level charts pt. 2 -
supplementary reading
Upper-level charts pt. 1
- required reading
Mon., Sep. 26 - Manhattanhenge, weather
changes assoc'd with warm & cold fronts, locating fronts,
upper-level charts
Fri., Sep. 23 - Warm and cold
fronts, weather
changes associated with cold fronts, Fall Equinox
Wed., Sep. 21 - Quiz #1
(music: Sigur Ros: "Fljotavik",
"Godan daginn",
and
"Med sud i
eyrum"
Mon., Sep. 19 - Surface weather maps pt.
1, isotherms & isobars, winds blowing around H & L, pressure
gradient
Fri., Sep. 16 - Station model notation
& surface weather maps,
Archimedes law
Wed., Sep. 14 - Ideal gas law, Charles
law, vertical forces acting on air
Mon., Sep. 12 - Mercury barometer,
typical & extreme sea level pressures, stratosphere &
troposphere
Fri., Sep. 9 - Pressure and density
changes with altitude, hot air balloons, upward pressure force
Wed., Sep. 7 - Pressure cont'd, Practice
Quiz
Mon., Sep. 5 - Labor Day
Fri., Sep. 2 - Tropospheric ozone;
photochemical (Los Angeles
type) smog; mass, weight, density & pressure pt. 1
Wed., Aug. 31 - Acid rain, particulate
matter, visibility
Mon., Aug. 29 - Carbon monoxide pt. 2,
scattering of light, sulfur dioxide
Fri., Aug. 26 -
Thunderstorm
features & haboobs, stromatolites & banded iron
formation,
air pollutants introduction,
carbon
monoxide pt. 1
Wed., Aug. 24 - Dew point temperature,
summer monsoon, origin & evolution of the atmosphere
Mon., Aug. 22
- First day of class,
composition of the atmosphere