Table of Contents
Module 1. Composition of the
Atmosphere and Air Pollutants
Lecture 1 -
Origin and
Composition of the Atmosphere
Experiment #1 -
Percentage Concentration of Oxygen in Air
Lecture 2 - Carbon
Monoxide, Ozone, and Photochemical Smog
Lecture 3 - Sulfur
Dioxide, Acid Rain, London Smog, and Particulate
Matter
Acid Rain Demonstration
Light
Scattering Demonstration
Module 2. Mass, Weight, Density, and
Pressure
Lecture 4 - Mass, Weight,
Density, and Pressure
Lecture 5 - Changes in
Atmospheric Pressure, Density, and Temperature with Altitude
Lecture 6 - The Ideal Gas
Law, Vertical Forces, and Archimedes Principle
Upward Pressure Force
Demonstration
Module 3. Surface and Upper Level
Weather Maps
Lecture 7 - Station Model
Notation
Lecture 8 - Surface
Weather Maps
Lecture 9 - Upper
Level Weather Maps
Surface Weather Map Analysis
Exercise
Module 4. Energy and Energy Transport
Lecture 10 - Energy,
Heat, Temperature, and Specific Heat
Lecture
11 - Conduction, Convection, and Latent Heat Energy Transport
Lecture 12
- Electromagnetic Radiation
Experiment #2 - Latent Heat of
Fusion of Ice
Module 5. Energy Balance and the
Greenhouse Effect
Lecture
13 - The Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation
Lecture 14 -
Radiative Equilibrium and the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect
Lecture 15
- Clouds and Energy Balance and a Global Warming Misconception
Experiment #3 - The Energy
in Sunlight
Module 6. Climate and Climate Change
Lecture 16a -
Climate Change Pt. 1
Lecture 16b -
Climate Change Pt. 2
Melting Ice and Sea Level Rise
Demonstration
Lecture 17 - Causes of the
Seasons
Lecture 18 - Controls
of Temperature
Module 7. Humidity and
Condensation
Lecture 19 -
Humidity Variables
Lecture 20
- Humidity Example Problems and Applications
Lecture 21 - Dew,
Frost, Haze and Fog
Module 8. Clouds and
Precipitation
Lecture 22 -
Identifying and Naming Clouds
Lecture 23 -
Satellite Photographs and the Collision Coalescence Process
Lecture 24 - The Ice
Crystal Process and Types of Precipitation
Module 9. Large and Small
Scale Winds
Lecture 25 -
Forces That Cause Upper Level and Surface Winds
Lecture
26 - Spinning Winds, Draining Sinks, and Thermal Circulations
Lecture 27 - Regional
Winds
Lecture 28 - The
3-cell Model of the Earth's Global Scale Circulation
Module 10. Thunderstorms
and Tornadoes
Lecture 29 - Atmospheric
Stability
Lecture 30 - Air
Mass Thunderstorms
Lecture 31
- Severe Thunderstorms, Tornado Occurrence and Characteristics
Lecture 32 - Tornado
Intensity and Damage
Lecture 33 - Lightning
Module 11. Hurricanes
Lecture 34 - Hurricane
Development and Structure
Lecture 35 - Hurricane
Intensity and Prediction
Module 12. Atmospheric Optical
Phenomena
Lecture 36 - Rainbows,
Mirages, and the Green Flash