ATMO 170A1: The Earth and its Environments

Section 5: Introduction to Weather and Climate

Instructor: Prof. William C. Conant

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Aug 25, 2011

Only 58 of 113 students have registered their clickers as of 10PM tonight. Tomorrow’s lecture will have clicker extra credit questions.

The D2L course website will be up and running Monday, Aug 29.  It will replace this course website for the purpose of regular announcements, lecture postings, reading assignments, etc.

Starting Monday, I will only answer course-related email if it’s sent to conant@d2l.arizona.edu.

 

Aug 24, 2011—Clicker Registration Alternative

[See Aug 23 post below for learning how to register your ResponseCard clicker.  This note pertains to using your cellphone or laptop as a clicker.]

1) See if your laptop or phone is compatible at

http://www.turningtechnologies.com/audienceresponseproducts/responseoptions/responseware/

2) Go to http://store.turningtechnologies.com/

Our school code is (case sensitive): R3Dt

3) Buy one of the ResponseWare licensing options. They come in 3-month up to 5-year options; 1-year is about $19.

4) After checking out, wait for an email containing a license code.

5) Log into http://rwpoll.com/

6) Create an account using the information in the license code email

7) Keep the “device ID” they give you after your account is created.  This ID acts as if you had bought a clicker, and this is the ResponseCard ID you would see on the back of that clicker.

8) Follow the instructions below (Aug 23) to register your new device ID for this class.

9) After you get to class, log into http://rwpoll.com/ again and use the sessionID I’ll give you in class to log into the course for the day.  You will repeat step 9 each lecture.

 

Aug 23, 2011—Clicker Registration — Important

All students should obtain a clicker (TurningPoint ResponseCard XR), available at the bookstore.  Please follow the instructions below to register your clicker for the course.  This will make you eligible for in-class extra credit and is necessary for in-class exams:

1.  Go to the website student.turningtechnologies.com

2.  Enter your ResponseCard ID (found on back of unit)

3.  Enter your first name and last name in the appropriate fields

4.  Enter your University NetID in the "Other Field".  Note this is used in your UofA email — it’s not your Student ID #.

5.  Complete security entry

6.  Press Next

7.  Enter my email address (conant@atmo.arizona.edu)

8.  Select the class entitled “ATMO 170A1 S5 F11”

9.  Click Next and confirm information. You may click Back if you find information you need to correct       

 

Aug 22, 2011

This is the course homepage.  Important announcements will be recorded here only until the course’s D2L webpage is up and running.  The D2L website will be the primary online resource for this course.

The course will rely on the text: Essentials of Meteorology, by C. Donald Ahrens, 6th edition.  See the syllabus for purchasing options. 

 

The reading assignment for Wednesday’s lecture is pg. 1-15 from Chapter 1 (including “Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere”).

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MWF 10:00-10:50 AM  ILC 140

Weather and Climate on the Web:

 

The Tucson National Weather Service website

 

The UA Atmospheric Sciences Dept. weather page