Lecture Notes
May 03 - Last day of class formalities
May 01 - Hurricanes pt. 2
Apr. 28 - Hurricanes pt. 1
Apr. 26 - Quiz #4
Apr. 24 - Lightning pt. 2
Apr. 21 - Tornadoes pt. 2, lightning pt. 1
Apr. 19 - Tornadoes pt. 1
Apr. 17 - Thunderstorms pt. 2
Apr. 14 - Draining sinks, thunderstorms pt. 1
Apr. 12 - Thermal circulations, one- and
3-cell models of global scale pressure and wind patterns
Apr. 10 - Coriolis force, upper level and
surface winds
Apr. 07 - Newton's laws of motions, forces
that cause horizontal winds, in-class optional assignment
Apr. 05 - Quiz #3
Apr. 03 - Ice crystal process, types of
precipitation, satellite photographs
Mar. 31 - Formation of precipitation,
collision coalescence process, ice crystal process
Mar. 29 - Cloud identification
Mar. 27 - Dry and wet haze, fog, cloud in a
bottle demonstration, 10 main cloud names
Mar. 24 - Rain shadow, measuring RH and Td,
dew and frost, condensation nuclei
Mar. 22 - Humidity problems, drying out moist
air
Mar. 20 - Humidity variables, evaporation,
saturation of air with water vapor
Mar. 10 - Scattering of light
Mar. 08 - Quiz #2
Mar. 06 - Path of the sun on the equinoxes,
winter and summer solstices
Mar. 03 - Effects of clouds, solar irradiance,
causes of the seasons
Mar. 01 - Greenhouse effect activity, no lecture notes
Feb. 27 - Filtering effect of the
atmosphere, atmospheric greenhouse effect and energy balance
Feb. 24 - Rules governing emission of
radiation, radiative equlibrium
Feb. 22 - Static electricity and electric
fields,
electromagnetic radiation
Controls of Temperature - Online
version of material from Chapter 3
Feb. 20 - Energy transport by convection,
phase changes and latent heat energy transport
Feb. 17 - Chap. 2 introduction, energy
and heat, temperature scales, energy transport by conduction
Feb. 15 - Quiz #1
Feb. 13 - Upper level and surface map
relationships, energy and temperature
Feb. 10 - Crossectional views of cold and
warm fronts, upper level charts
Feb. 08 - Isobars, isotherms, highs and
lows, pressure gradient, temperature patterns and fronts
Feb. 06 - Surface weather maps, station
model notation
Feb. 03 - Rising and sinking air,
stratospheric ozone, ozone depletion
Feb. 01 - Practice Quiz
Jan. 30 - Mercury barometer, ideal gas
law equations, Charles Law
Jan. 27 - Rate of pressure change with
altitude, vertical pressure force, air density change with altitude
Jan. 25 - Mass, weight & density;
atmospheric pressure; change in pressure with altitude
Jan. 23 - Carbon monoxide, temperature
inversions, troposphere and stratosphere, high-altitude balloon flights
Jan. 20 - Tropospheric ozone and
photochemical smog, Experiment #1, carbon monoxide
Jan. 18 - Carbon dioxide, carbon cycle,
changes in CO2 and global
average surface temperature
Jan. 13 - Sulfur dioxide, acid rain demonstration, carbon dioxide.
Jan. 11 - First day of class, composition
and evolution of the atmosphere, dew point temperature