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Wed., Dec. 5 - Final Exam Review pt. 1
Mon., Dec. 3 -
Fri., Nov. 30 -
Hurricanes
Wed., Nov. 28 - Quiz #4 (music:
"Hibernian Rhapsody"
by
De
Danann)
Mon., Nov. 26 - Lightning
Fri., Nov. 23 - Thanksgiving Break
Wed., Nov. 21 - class cancelled
Mon., Nov. 19 - Tornadoes pt. 2
Fri., Nov. 16 - Microbursts, shelf clouds,
severe storms, tornadoes pt. 1
Wed., Nov. 14 - Thunderstorms, gust fronts,
and microbursts
Fri., Nov. 9 - 3-cell model surface features,
ocean currents, SW monsoon
Wed., Nov. 7 - Water draining from sinks and
toilets, thermal circulations,1- and 3-cell models of
global
scale wind and pressure patterns
Mon., Nov. 5 - Upper level & surface
winds, cause of the Coriolis force, water draining from sinks and
toilets
Fri., Nov. 2
- Pressure gradient and Coriolis force, upper level winds in the
Northern & Southern Hemisphere
Wed., Oct. 31 - Quiz #3
(music: Janis Joplin "Try
(Just A
Little Harder)", "Move Over", and "Maybe")
Mon., Oct. 29
- Ice crystal process of precipitation formation, types of precipitation
Fri., Oct. 26
- Satellite photographs, precipitation producing processes,
collision-coalescence process
Wed., Oct. 24
- Identifying and naming clouds
Mon., Oct. 22
- Condensation nuclei, dry & wet haze, fog, cloud in a bottle,
clouds and climate change
Fri., Oct. 19 -
Drying
moist
air,
rainshadow
effect,
measuring
humidity,
dew
and
frost
Wed., Oct. 17 -
Humidity example problems
Mon., Oct. 15
- Effects of clouds on day and night temperatures, global warming
misconception,
introduction to humidity variables
Fri., Oct. 12
- Atmospheric greenhouse effect
Wed., Oct. 10 - Quiz #2 (music:
Israel
Kamakawiwo'ole
"Somewhere
Over the
Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" and "Ka Huila Wai")
Mon., Oct. 8
- EM radiation emitted by the sun and earth, CFL bulbs, radiative
equilibrium, filtering of light by the atmosphere
Fri., Oct. 5
- Electromagnetic radiation, wavelength & frequency, EM spectrum,
rules governing the emission of EM radiation
Wed., Oct. 3
- Latent heat energy transport, static electricity and electric fields
Mon., Oct. 1
- Conduction, convection, human perception of cold, wind chill
Fri., Sep. 28
- Energy and temperature, specific heat & latent heat, temperature
scales
Wed., Sep. 26
- Upper level charts, introduction to energy and energy transport
Upper Level Charts Pt. 3 -
Supplementary reading
Upper Level Charts Pt. 2
- Supplementary reading
Upper Level Charts Pt. 1
- Required reading
Mon., Sep. 24
- Weather changes associated with warm & cold fronts, locating warm
and cold fronts on surface weather maps
Fri., Sep. 21
- Cold & warm fronts, fall equinox
Wed., Sep. 19 - Quiz #1
(music: Sigur Ros "Festival")
Mon., Sep. 17
- Surface weather maps, isobars and isotherms, high and low
pressure centers, pressure gradient
Fri., Sep. 14
- Archimedes Law, station model notation
Wed., Sep. 12
- Ideal gas Law, Charles' Law, forces that cause air to rise and sink
Mon., Sep. 10
- Air density and temperature changes with altitude, troposphere &
stratosphere, Auguste & Jacques Piccard
Fri., Sep. 7
- Air pressure force, mercury barometers, upward pressure force
Wed., Sep. 5
- Air pressure changes with altitude, Practice
Quiz
Mon., Sep. 3 - Labor Day Holiday
Fri., Aug. 31
- Effects of particulates on visiblity; mass, weight, density &
pressure
Wed., Aug. 29
- Sulfur dioxide and acid rain, particulate matter?
Mon., Aug. 27
- Temperature inversions, air quality index, indoors CO, "good" &
"bad" ozone, photochemical smog
Fri., Aug. 24
- Air pollutants, carbon monoxide, scattering of light
Wed., Aug. 22
- Dew point temperature, origin & evolution of the earth's
atmosphere, stromatolites and banded iron formation
Mon., Aug. 20
- First day of class, composition of the earth's atmosphere