Links to all the separate pages in the
ClassNotes Packet (WORD documents)
with the exception of sometimes being in color rather
than in just black and white
these are the same notes as in the packet available for
purchase in the ASUA Bookstore
origin and evolution of the atmosphere
page 1 - oxygen in the atmosphere
page 2 - [blank page]
carbon dioxide & climate change
page 3 - atmospheric carbon dioxide
concentration
page 4 - carbon cycle
page 5 - global annual average temperature
page 6 - [blank page]
air pollutants
page 7 - carbon monoxide
page 8 - air quality index
page 9 - carbon monoxide poisoning,
temperature inversion
page 10 - [blank page]
page 11 - sulfur dioxide
page 12 - acid rain
page 13a - acid rain demonstration
page 13b - [blank page]
page 13c - particulate matter
page 13d - [blank page]
page 14a - good and bad ozone
page 14b - [blank page]
page 15 - tropospheric ozone and
photochemical smog
page 16 - photochemical smog
demonstration
the ozone layer
page 17 - stratospheric ozone
page 18 - [blank page]
page 19 - CFC destruction of ozone
page 20 - [blank page]
page 21 - the ozone hole
page 22 - the ozone hole
mass, weight, density, and pressure
page 23a - mass and weight
page 23b - mass and weight
page 23c - density
page 23d - pressure
page 24a - pressure units
page 24b - [blank page]
page 25 - pressure changes with altitude
page 26 - rate of pressure drop with
altitude
page 27 - mercury barometer
page 28 - mercury barometer
page 29 - sea level pressure values
page 30 - [blank page]
page 31 - early measurements of pressure
page 32 - exploration of the stratosphere
by balloon
page 33 - upward air pressure force
page 34 - changes in air density with
altitude
page 35 - upward air pressure force
demonstration
page 36 - upward air pressure force
demonstration
surface weather maps
page 37a - station model notation
clouds, temperature, and dew point
page 37b - station model notation winds
and weather
page 38a - station model pressure
page 38b - station model time zone
page 39a - surface weather map
page 39b - isotherms
page 39c - isobars
page 39d - [blank page]
page 40a - surface low pressure winds
page 40b - surface high pressure winds
page 40c - pressure gradient high
pressure
page 40d - pressure gradient low
pressure
page 41 - basic features upper level
chart
page 42 - surface upper level charts
comparison
energy, energy transport, energy balance
page 44 - temperature and temperature
scales
page 45a - energy, temperature, specific
heat
page 45b - water moderates climate
page 46a - energy transport
page 46b - [blank page]
page 47a - energy transport by
conduction
page 47b - energy
transport by convection
page 48a - energy transport examples
page 48b - wind chill temperature
ideal gas law, rising and sinking air
page 49 - warm air rises, cold air sinks
page 50 - ideal gas law
page 51 - ideal gas law
page 52 - Charles law
page 53 - vertical forces acting on
parcels of air
page 54 - Charles law demonstration
page 54a - Archimedes principle
page 54b - Archimedes principle
latent heat energy transport
page 55 - melting, evaporation, and
sublimation
page 56 - amounts of energy associated
with phase changes
page 57 - freezing, condensation,
deposition
page 58 - latent heat energy transport
electromagnetic (EM) radiation
page 59 - electric fields
page 60 - EM radiation
page 61 - EM spectrum
page 62 - energy transport
page 63 - rules governing the emission of
EM radiation
page 64 - Stefan Boltzmann and Wien's law
page 65 - EM radiation emitted by a
tungsten bulb
page 66 - EM radiation emitted by the
earth & sun
page 67 - radiative equilibrium
page 68 - [blank page]
radiative energy balance on the earth
page 69 - filtering effect of the
atmosphere
page 70 - [blank page]
page 70a - radiative equilibrium on
earth without an atmosphere
page 70b - radiative equilibrium on
earth with an atmosphere
page 71 - incoming sunlight is absorbed,
reflected, & transmitted
page 72 - more realistic picture of
earth-atmosphere energy balance
page 72a - effects of clouds on daytime
and nighttime temperatures
page 72b - global warming misconception
causes of the seasons
page 73 - earth, moon, and sun
page 74 - earth's elliptical orbit around
the sun
page 75 - the tilt of the earth with
respect to its orbit around the sun
page 76 - elevation angle of the sun
page 77a - equinox figures
page 77b - equinox text
page 78a - winter solstice figures
page 78b - winter solstice text
page 79 - summer solstice figures
page 80 - summer solstice text
page 81 - Pohnpei, Federated States of
Micronesia
page 82 - [blank page]
humidity and related topics
page 83 - humidity variables introduction
page 84 - saturation mixing ratio
page 85a - humidity problems chart
page 85b - humidity problems chart
page 86a - [blank page]
page 86b - humidity problems chart
page 87 - drying moist air
page 88 - rain shadow effect
page 89 - measuring humidity with a sling
psychrometer
page 90 - sling psychrometer (cont'd)
page 91 - condensation phenomena
page 92 - dry & wet haze, fog
page 93 - clouds clean air
page 94 - [blank page]
Identifying and naming clouds
page 95 - 10 main cloud types
page 96 - key words for altitude,
appearance, and precipitation
page 97a - characteristics of the 10
main cloud types - I
page 97b - cloud characteristics - II
page 98a - cloud characteristics - III
page 98b - [blank page]
page 99 - infrared satellite photographs
page 100 - visible satellite photographs
formation of precipitation
page 101a - the collision coalescence
& ice crystal processes of precipitation production
page 101b - the collision coalescence
process
page 102a - cold clouds
page 102b - the ice crystal process
page 103a - snow crystals & snow,
graupel & hail
page 103b - formation of hail
page 104a - types of precipitation
page 104b - [blank page]
light scattering
page 105 - light scattering
demonstration - I
page 106 - light scattering
demonstration - II
page 107 - scattering of light by
air molecules
page 108 - changing color of the
setting sun
surface and upper level winds in the
Northern and Southern Hemisphere
page 121 - tropical and extratropical
storms in the N. and S. Hemisphere
page 122a - summary of surface and
upper level winds
page 122b - Newton's first law of
motion
page 122c - circular motion
page 123a - pressure gradient force
page 123b - Coriolis force
page 124a - straight line upper level
winds
page 124b - [blank page]
page 125 - upper level winds blowing
around L pressure in the NH
page 126 - upper level winds blowing
around L pressure in the SH
page 127 - upper level winds blowing
around H pressure in the NH
page 128 - upper
level winds blowing around H pressure in the SH
page 129 - frictional force,
surface winds blow across the contours
page 130 - surface winds spinning
around H and L pressure in the NH and SH
thermal circulations and the 1-cell & 3-cell
models of the Earth's global scale circulation
page 131 - development of a thermal
circulation pt. 1 new
page 132 - development of a thermal
circulation pt. 2, sea breezes new
page 133 - 1-cell model new
page 134 - 3-cell model new
page 135 - surface pressure and wind
features in the 3-cell model new
page 136 - ocean currents, SW monsoon new
hurricanes
page 141 - extropical and tropical
cyclone similarities and differences
page 142 - hurricane formation and
location, hurricane season
page 143 - easterly wave, development of
a hurricane
page 144 - eye, eye wall, spiral
rainbands
cold and warm fronts
page 147a - air masses
page 147b - [blank page]
page 148a - cold front cross section
& weather changes
page 148b - locating a cold front on a
surface map
page 148c - warm front cross section
& weather changes
page 148d - locating a warm front on a
surface weather map
thunderstorms
page 151a - introduction
page 151b - [blank page]
page 152a - thunderstorm development
pt. 1
page 152b - thunderstorm development
pt. 2
page 153 - life cycle of an air mass
thunderstorm pt. 1
page 154 - life cycle of an air mass
thunderstorm pt. 2
page 155 - gust front, microburst,
haboobs
page 156 - severe
thunderstorms, wind shear, mesocyclone, wall cloud
tornadoes
page 159a - tornado characteristics
page 159b - tornado life cycle
page 160a - Fujita & Enhanced
Fujita scales used to estimate tornado intensity
page 160b - [blank page]
lightning
page 161 - electrical charge production
in thunderstorms & the different types of lightning
page 162 - negative cloud-to-ground
lightning: stepped and dart leaders, upward connecting discharge,
first and subsequent return strokes
page 163a - unusual types of lightning:
positive and upward lightning
page 163b - rocket triggered lightning
and fulgurites
page 164a - lightning hazards and
safety
page 164b - distance to a lightning
discharge