Reading material for Lectures

Material for Exam #1
January 20	Introduction to 500 mb maps The atmosphere
January 22	Composition of the atmosphere Temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere Human response to air pressure and density changes
January 27	Temperature, pressure, and density of the atmosphere (Last section on Pressure) Human response to air pressure and density changes Why does the 500 mb height depend on air temperature? More on 500 mb maps
January 29	More on 500 mb maps (Continued) The 500 mb weather pattern and weather terminology
February 3	Winds
February 5	Cyclogenesis Numerical Weather Forecasting
February 10	Water in the atmosphere A closer look at evaporation and condensation
February 12	Relative humidity and Dew Point Clouds End of Exam 1 Material
Material for Exam #2
February 24	Energy Transfer Temperature, humidity, wind, and human comfort Clouds Section "Why do rising parcels or air cool?"
February 26	Moving air parcels up and down through the atmosphere Conditions which force air to rise Precipitation Stability of the atmosphere
March 3	Stability of the atmosphere Introduction to Thunderstorms Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms
March 5	Thunderstorm Lifecycle and Severe Thunderstorms (Continued) Tornadoes
March 10	Tornadoes (Tornado safety and below) Lightning
March 12	Lightning (Sections after handout) Hurricane Introduction and Formation
March 24	Hurricane Introduction and Formation (Formation and Dissipation) Hurricane Movement and Damages
March 26	Atlantic Hurricanes and Their Effects on the United States Impacts of extreme weather on the United States
Material for Exam #3
April 7	Weather vs Climate Introduction to Climate Change Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I
April 9	Solar Radiation and the Earth's Energy Budget I Infrared Radiation, Greenhouse Effect, and Earth's Energy Budget II Increasing Greenhouse Gases Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle
April 14	Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and the Carbon Cycle(Last Section) Uncertainty in Climate Prediction and Climate Models Climate Models and their Prediction of Climate Change
April 16	Potential Impacts of Global Warming Reconstructing Past Climates The Climate of the Pleistocene Is the Earth Fragile or Robust? The Climate of the Holocene
April 21	The Climate of the Holocene(Bottom on Page) Controversy: Global Average Temperature Reconstruction over the last 2000 years The Present Warming: 20th Centrury through today Global Warming Summary and Discussion
April 23	Global Warming Summary and Discussion