WEATHER AND CLIMATE
SCHEDULE
Spring 2012
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| Introduction | |||
Representing Climate Data I : Maps and Numbers |
Station Models, pp. 461-462 |
Station Model Practice |
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| Introduction to the Atmosphere | Ch. 1, p. 153 (Focus Topic) |
Ideal Gas Law |
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| Electromagnetic Radiation | Ch. 2 | ||
| Radiation Balance | Ch. 2, pp. 435 - 438 | ||
| What is Temperature? | Ch. 3 | Frostbite and frostnip Wind Chill |
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Representing Climate Data II : Weather Imagery |
pp. 250-253 | Satellite
Images
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EXAM ONE (Tentative Date: February 17) |
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| Humidity | Ch. 4 | ||
Cloud Classification
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Ch. 4 and chart at back of text | ||
GROUP PROJECT : WORK GROUPS February 24, 27, 29 |
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| Atmospheric Stability and Adiabatic Processes | Ch. 5 |
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| Precipitation | Ch. 5 | The True Shape of Rain | |
Pressure and Wind |
Ch. 6 | Isobar maps and Wind | Coriolis effect |
SPRING BREAK: March 12 - 16 |
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EXAM TWO (Tentative Date: Monday, March 26) |
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| General Circulation | Ch. 7 (& p. 459 hydrostatic equation) | Local Winds | |
| Jet
Streams |
Ch.
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Jet Streams | |
| El Nino | Ch. 7 | El Nino | |
| Air Masses and Fronts | Ch. 8 | Practice with mapping fronts |
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| Cyclogenesis | Ch. 8 | Blizzard
Satellite Images |
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| Wind Shear | |||
| Thunderstorms | Ch. 10 |
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| Lightning | Ch. 10 | ||
| Tornadoes | Ch. 10 | Tornado Safety | |
| Hurricanes | Ch. 11 | ||
Class Group Project PRESENTATIONS: April 23 - May 4 |
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EXAM THREE : WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2:00, in regular classroom |
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