Files from Class
Powerpoint presentations (in pdf format):
Please note that presentations may be updated shortly before the class to reflect new and revised content. Those with an asterisk have been updated to the most current version.
Fall 2009
*Intro: Scales and orders of magnitude in the atmosphere
*Ch.1: Atmospheric Structure, Scale Height, unit conversion, the station model, anthropogenic influences
*Ch.2: Basics of solar geometry, electromagnectic radiation, thermodynamics, and radiation budgets
*Ch. 3: Causes of temperature variability
*Ch. 4: Phases of water, cloud types, and cloud processes
*Ch. 5: Remote Sensing : details of satellite and radar
Ch. 6/7: Pressure, winds, convergence and divergence
Ch. 8: Buoyancy, vertical stability, and skew-T diagrams
Ch. 9/15: Thunderstorms and Tornados
Ch. 17: Numerical Weather Prediction (powerpoint, not pdf)
Ch. 18: Air Quality/Pollution and Climate change (separate files, .ppt)
Other Files:
Lab Files (word or pdf docs):
*Lab 0 (rain gauge design take-home)
*Lab 1 (contouring and station models)
Lab 6 (Stability)
Lab 7 (Cloud observation and skew-T)
Lab 10 (Acid Rain)
Lab 11 (Climate Change)