Reading material for Lectures

Material for Exam #1
August 23	Introduction to 500 mb maps 500 mb winds, Relationship to Southwest Monsoon, and the need for water
August 28	Discuss Term Paper 500 mb winds, Relationship to Southwest Monsoon, and the need for water (Last 2 sections) Winds
August 30	Winds(Last Section of page) Hurricane Introduction and Characteristics Hurricane Movement and Damages
September 4	Hurricane Movement and Damages(Continued) Hurricane Cycles, Links to Climate Change, and trends in hurricane damages in the USA
September 6	Hurricane Cycles, Links to Climate Change, and trends in hurricane damages in the USA (Continued) The atmosphere Some properties of gases
September 11	Composition of the atmosphere Temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere Human response to air pressure and density changes
September 13	The Skew-T Diagram Water in the atmosphere In-class text notes (WORD document) End of Exam 1 Material
Material for Exam #2
September 13	A closer look at evaporation and condensation In-class text notes (WORD document)
September 25	A closer look at evaporation and condensation(continued) Relative humidity and Dew Point Water Vapor Notes (WORD document) Energy Transfer
September 27	Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort Clouds Why Does Rising Air Cool? Conditions under which air is forced to rise
October 2	Precipitation Moving air parcels up and down through the atmosphere Stability of the atmosphere
October 4	Introduction to Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms Tornadoes
October 9	Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms (Section on Thunderstorm formation by surface heating and free convection) Tornadoes Hurricane Energetics Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather
October 11	Impacts of Extreme Weather; Possible Trends in Severe Weather (Continued) Lightning Review 500 mb height maps Review 500 mb winds; Estimating Precipitation areas from 500 mb maps
October 16	Review 500 mb height maps (Quick Review) Review 500 mb winds; Estimating Precipitation areas from 500 mb maps (Quick Review) Weather forecasting using 500 mb height maps The 500 mb weather pattern and weather terminology A crash course in cyclogenesis Numerical Weather Forecasting
October 18	A crash course in cyclogenesis (continued) Numerical Weather Forecasting End of Exam 2 Material
Material for Exam #3
October 18	Ozone and the ozone hole
October 30	Ultraviolet radiation and its effects WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Ozone and UV Exposure Weather vs Climate Introduction to Climate Change WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate, Climate Change, and Global Warming
November 1	Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Radiation and Radiative Equilibrium Temperature Infrared Radiation, Greenhouse Effect, and Earth's Energy Budget II Increasing Greenhouse Gases
November 6	Increasing Greenhouse Gases (Continued) Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Carbon Cycle Uncertainty in Climate Prediction and Climate Models Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change
November 8	Potential Impacts of Global Warming Reconstructing Past Climates The Climate of the Pleistocene Is Life on Earth Fragile or Robust? WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History
November 13	The Climate of the Holocene WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Climate History Controversy: Global Average Temperature Reconstruction over the last 2000 years The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today Global Warming Summary and Discussion
November 15	Global Warming Summary and Discussion(Bottom Section) Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth WORD Document Containing in-class text notes on Seasonal Changes
November 20	Seasons / Seasonal Changes on Earth (Continued) Factors that control climate Blue skies, red sunsets, white clouds, haze WORD Document Containing in-class text notes End of Exam 3 material