| Lecture/Topic |
Month |
Day |
EOM reading |
Links |
| 1. Composition and structure of our atmosphere |
Mar |
31 |
Ch 1, pp. 1-12 |
|
| 2. Weather vs. climate, temperature |
Apr |
1 |
pp. 13-23 |
The development
of thermometers and temperature scales |
| 3. Heat transfer and radiation |
|
2 |
Ch 2, pp. 25-34 |
Time
lapse of infrared water vapor imagery |
| 4. The greenhouse effect. Climate of Seattle area. |
|
3 |
pp. 34-42 |
|
| 5. The seasons. Global temperature variations |
|
7 |
pp. 42-51 |
Wind Chill |
| 6. Air masses. Daily temperature variations |
|
8 |
pp. 53-73, 197-208 |
What do inversions have to do with this
photo? |
| 7. Air pressure, adiabatic expansion, lapse rate |
|
9 |
pp. 31, 110-113, 139-144 |
|
| 8. Pressure gradient force. Pressure maps. |
|
10 |
Ch 6 pp. 145-149 |
|
| 9. Coriolis effect and geostrophic balance |
|
14 |
Ch 6 pp. 150-163 |
|
| 10. Local circulations I: turbulence, wind shear, mtn waves. |
|
15 |
Ch 7, pp. 165-168 |
Mountain
lee wave visible satellite loop (6.4 MB) |
| 11. Local circulations II: thermal circulations |
|
16 |
pp. 168-178 |
|
| 12. Formation of jet streams; the general circulation |
|
17 |
pp. 178-187 |
Northern hemisphere 500 mb height loop, 7 days ago to 5 days ahead |
| 13. Winds and ocean currents, El Nino |
|
21 |
pp. 187-195 |
NOAA El Nino
Theme Page |
| 14. Year-to-year wintertime variability in midlatitudes |
|
22 |
|
US temps and precip for last month |
| 15. Extratropical cyclones and fronts |
|
23 |
Ch 8, pp. 208-217 |
12 day 500/1000mb loop of extratropical
cyclones evolving in jet stream |
| MIDTERM 1 (closed book and note-thru 17 Apr lecture) |
|
24 |
|
|
| 16. Upper atmospheric cyclone structure |
|
28 |
pp. 218-225 |
|
17. Humidity |
|
29 |
Ch 4, pp. 75-85 |
More
on the molecular structure of water and ice |
| 18. Condensation and fog |
|
30 |
pp. 86-92 |
|
| 19. Types of cloud (+ 30 min cloud slide show) |
May |
1 |
pp. 93-107 |
Cloud Atlas |
| 20. Conditional instability and cumulus clouds |
|
5 |
Ch 5, pp. 109-118 |
|
| 21. Formation of rain and snow |
|
6 |
pp. 115-125 |
|
| 22. Other types of
precipitation, cloud seeding, radar |
|
7 |
pp. 126-135 |
|
| 23. Precipitation patterns, floods, droughts |
|
8 |
pp. 341-345, 395 |
|
| 24. How are weather forecasts made? |
|
12 |
Ch 9 pp. 227-243 |
|
| 25. Forecast error and predictability of weather |
|
13 |
|
|
| 26. Thunderstorms and thunderstorm systems |
|
14 |
Ch 10, pp. 253-257 |
|
| 27. Cloud electrification, lightning and thunder (+35 min video) |
|
15 |
pp. 267-272 |
Annual
variation in worldwide lightning distribution |
| 28. Severe thunderstorms and
tornadoes (+ 20, 7 min videos) |
|
19 |
pp. 273-287 |
Supercell and
Tornado Photos |
| 29. Hurricanes and tropical cyclones I (+ 20 min video) |
|
20 |
Ch 11 pp. 289-297 |
NOAA Hurricane Research Division FAQs about hurricanes. |
| 30. Hurricanes and tropical cyclones II |
|
21 |
pp. 298-311 |
|
| MIDTERM 2 (closed book and note-thru 15 May lecture) |
|
22 |
|
|
| NO CLASS - Memorial Day |
|
26 |
|
|
| 31. Sky color, mirages |
|
27 |
pp. 399-410 |
|
| 32. Rainbows, halos, coronas |
|
28 |
pp. 411-420 |
Rainbow
light paths |
| 33. Air pollution |
|
29 |
Ch 12, pp. 313-337 |
|
| 34. Ozone hole |
June |
2 |
Ch 12, pp. 321-324 |
|
| 35. Paleoclimate and climate variability |
|
3 |
Ch 13, pp. 371-387 |
|
| 36. Manmade climate change and
impacts in Pacific NW |
|
4 |
pp. 387-397 |
|
| 37. Lect 36, continued. |
|
5 |
|
|
| FINAL EXAM, 8:30-10:20, Bagley 131 |
June |
9 |
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