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ATMO 300a General Meteorology - Physical

Meeting: 11:00-11:50 pm MWF in PAS room 312

Instructor: Jon Nelson, 621-6835, PAS room 570 (north wing)

Office Hours: Mondays 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Thursdays 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Required Texts: Roland B. Stull, Meteorology Today for Scientists and Engineers: A Technical Companion Book; C. Donald Ahrens, Meteorology Today, 5th ed., 1994.

Prerequisite: MATH 125b calculus; integration, modeling with differential equations, Taylor series.

Exam Date topics from Stull's book % of final grade
exam 1 18 September chapters 1,2 20%
exam 2 14 October chapters 3,4 20%
exam 3 9 November chapters 5,6 20%
Final 1 December at 11 am chapters 8,15,17, preceding chapters 40%

NO MAKEUP EXAMS. Make sure that relatives or friends don't make plans for you on these dates.

Homework problems are assigned weekly and can add up to 5% to your grade.

Materials from Class Notes

August 26, 1998 (Variation in Carbon Dioxide Levels)

September 9, 1998 (Kinetic Energy)

October 9, 1998

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