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19 First Day of Class: Introduction |
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21 Structure and Composition of the atmosphere |
| 24 HW1 assigned History of the Atmosphere, Seasonal Carbon Cycle, Pressure vs. Force vs. Density, hydrostatic equilibrium |
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26 Hydrostatic Equil. cont..., Layers of the Atmosphere, Weather vs. Climate, Display of Weather/Climate |
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28 Display of Weather/Climate, Pressure/Wind Relationship, Energy vs. Temp. vs Heat, Conservation of Energy |
| 31 Latent Heat, Phase Changes, Heat Transfer in Air, Conduction/Convection |
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| (31) Latent Heat, Phase Changes, Heat Transfer in Air, Conduction/Convection |
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2 HW1 Due Convection/Heat Transfer, Thermals, Advection, Radiation |
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4 IR Sattelite Images, Thermal Equilibrium, Earth's Radiative Energy Spectrum, Adsorption/Emission by Atmosphere |
| 7 What maintains temperature of Earth?, Heat as Energy, Intro to radiation |
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9 Greenhouse effect/feedbacks, Scattering and reflections, Albedo |
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11 Earth's energy budget, Why we have seasons, Earth's orbit |
| 14 Earth's Seasons, Earth/Sun geometry, Radiation in the tropics |
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16 HW 2 Due Heat capacity of Ocean/Land |
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18 Reading Temperature maps/Isotherms |
| 21 Hydrological Cycle, Basic Chemistry of Water, Cloud Nuclei |
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23 Saturation, Vacuums, Vapor Pressure, Boiling |
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25 Mixing Ratio, Specific Humidity, Saturation Point |
| 28 HW 3 Due Relative Humidity cont... |
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2 First Midterm |
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4 Water Vapor in the Atmosphere, Effects of Humidity |
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| 14 Formation of Fog |
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16 Adiabatic Lapse Rate, Intro to Chapter seven |
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18 Moist Adiabatic Lapse rate, Env. Lapse Rate, Stability in the atmosphere |
| 21 Spring Break!!! |
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23 -------------- |
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| 28 Review of stability, limits on rising motion, forced lifting |
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30 Dew point lapse rate, Intro to precipitation |
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(1) Cold-Rain Processes Intro to Bergeron Process |
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| 4 Bergeron Process continued, Formation of Hail |
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6 Formation of Hail, Cloud Demo, Intro to Wind |
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| 11 2nd Midterm |
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13 Intro to large scale motion |
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15 Pressure Gradient force |
| 18 Intro to coriolis force. How it affects motion in the atmosphere. |
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20 Pressure levels and reading pressure maps |
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22 The effects of heating in the atmosphere on pressure |
| 25 Intro to fronts |
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27 Fronts continued. How to read a simple weather map |
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29 Basics of where fronts come from. How they are formed |
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| 2 Effects of friction on motion |
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4 Applications to large scale motion |
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6 Homework 7 due |
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13 Final Exam 12:25-2:25PM |
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