Fri., May 3 - Final Exam
Wed., May 1 - Final Exam review pt. 1
Mon., Apr. 29 - Grade summaries, course evaluation
Fri., Apr. 26 - Hurricanes

Wed., Apr. 24 - Quiz #4 (music: "Reckoner" from Radiohead)
Mon., Apr. 22 - Lightning
Fri., Apr. 19 - Tornadoes pt. 2
Wed., Apr. 17 - Thunderstorms pt. 2, tornadoes
Mon., Apr. 15 - Thunderstorms pt. 1, microbursts
Fri., Apr. 12 - 3 cell model surface features and real world features, North American monsoon
Wed., Apr. 10 - One quick last look at spinning winds, thermal circulations, sea & land breezes,
                             1- & 3-cell models of the earth's global scale circulation.
Mon., Apr. 8 - Upper level & surface winds, cause of the Coriolis force, water draining from sinks and toilets
Fri., Apr. 5 - Pressure gradient force and Coriolis force, upper level winds in the northern and southern hemispheres

Wed., Apr. 3 - Quiz #3
Mon., Apr. 1 - Ice crystal process of precipitation formation, types of precipitation
Fri., Mar. 29 - Satellite photographs of clouds, precipitation-producing processes, collision-coalescence process
Wed., Mar. 27 - Identifying and naming clouds
Mon., Mar. 25 - Dew & frost, condensation nuclei, haze and fog, cloud-in-a-bottle
Fri., Mar. 22 - Humidity example problems pt. 2, drying moist air, rain shadow effect, measuring humidity, heat index
Wed., Mar. 20 - Humidity example problems pt. 1, Spring Equinox, Manhattanhenge
Saturating Air with Water Vapor - Supplementary Reading
Mon., Mar. 18 - Introduction to humidity variables
Mar. 9 - Mar. 17 - Spring Break
Fri., Mar. 8 - Class cancelled

Wed., Mar. 6 - Quiz #2 (music: "Ballad of Cable Hogue" Calexico with Mariachi Luz de Luna & Francoiz Breut,
                                            "Gypsy's Curse", "Trigger" )
Mon., Mar. 4 - Effects of clouds on daytime and nighttime temperatures, global warming misconception, controls of temperature
Fri., Mar. 1 - Colored clouds at sunrise and sunset, fate of incoming sunlight, realistic energy balance on the earth
Wed., Feb. 27 - Radiative equilibrium, filtering effect of the atmosphere, atmospheric greenhouse effect
Mon., Feb. 25 - Rules governing the emission of EM radiation
Fri., Feb. 22 - Latent heat energy transport, electromagnetic radiation
Wed., Feb. 20 - Convection, wind chill, latent heat energy transport
Mon., Feb. 18 - Temperature scale, energy needed to evaporate liquid nitrogen, energy transport by conduction
Fri., Feb. 15 - Introduction to energy and energy transport, energy and temperature, specific heat & latent heat

Wed., Feb. 13 - Quiz #1 (music: "Hush" from Deep Purple)
Upper Level Charts Pt. 3 - Supplementary reading
Upper Level Charts Pt. 2 - Supplementary reading
Upper Level Charts Pt. 1 - Required reading
Mon., Feb. 11 - Warm fronts, upper level charts
Fri., Feb. 8 - Cold and warm fronts, locating fronts on a surface weather map
Wed., Feb. 6 - Surface weather maps, isobars & isotherms, surface low & high pressure, pressure gradient
Mon., Feb. 4 - Archimedes Principle, station model notation used on surface weather maps
Fri., Feb. 1 - Ideal gas law, Charles' law, vertical forces acting on air parcels, free convection
Wed., Jan. 30 - Practice Quiz
Mon., Jan. 28 - Air density and temperature changes with altitude, troposphere & stratosphere, Auguste & Jacques Piccard
Fri., Jan. 25 - Pressure change with altitude, mercury barometers, upward pressure force
Wed., Jan. 23 - Mass, weight, density, and pressure
Mon., Jan. 21 - Martin L. King Jr. Holiday
Fri., Jan. 18 - Sulfur dioxide & acid rain, particulate matter, effects of particulates on visibility
Wed., Jan. 16 - Air quality index, tropospheric ozone & photochemical (Los Angeles type) smog, sulfur dioxide pt. 1
Mon., Jan. 14 - Air pollutants, carbon monoxide, temperature inversions, scattering of light
Fri., Jan. 11 - Cold front passage, Australian dust storm, origin & evolution of the earth's atmosphere,
                         stromatolites and banded iron formation
Wed., Jan. 9 - First day of class, course information, composition of the atmosphere