AOS 101: Weather and Climate

Fall 2008 - Discussion Section 301, Mondays 12:05-12:55, AO & SS 823

Fall 2008 - Discussion Section 302, Tuesdays 8:50-9:40, AO & SS 823

Fall 2008 - Discussion Section 303, Wednesdays 12:05-12:55, AO & SS 823

TA: Brian Miretzky

Office: AO & SS 1421

Office Hours: Monday 1:00-2:10 pm, Tuesday 9:50-10:30, Wednesday 11:00-11:30am

Email: bjmiretzky@wisc.edu

Tenative Schedule -- Badger Weather

Links

Prof. Ackerman's AOS 100/101 Lecture Webpage

discussion section 301 syllabus

discussion section 302 syllabus revised Tues 9/02 at 1:00pm for office hours change

discussion section 303 syllabus

UW AOS department weather page


Tentative Schedule

Sec.-301 Sec.-302 Sec.-303 Topics Assignments TURN IN
- Sept. 2nd Sept. 3rd Introduction - -
Sept. 8th Sept. 9rd Sept. 10th -Sec. 301 - Intro./Weather Observations, Sec. 302 and 303 - Weather Obs. HW #1 -
Weather Observation Links present weather symbols and another weather symbol reference - - -
Sept. 15th Sept. 16th Sept. 17th Ideal Gas Law HW #2 HW #1
Ideal Gas Links more experiments illustrating the ideal gas law can be found here An interactive ideal gas demonstration using java -
Sept. 22nd Sept. 23rd Sept. 24th Heat (Energy) Transfer HW #3 HW #2
Heat and Energy Transfer Links HERE is a great link to a lyndon state college meteorology survey course that covers much of the material we recently covered in discussion and lecture. The last three links on the page are not important, but interesting - -
Sept. 29th Sept. 30th Oct. 1st Moisture and Atmospheric Stability HW #4 HW #3
moisture and stability links HERE is a great link on wet-bulb temperature and how it relates to precipitation type, taken from the Learn@UW page - - -
Oct. 6th Oct. 7th Oct. 8th Stability and Severe Weather only up to slide 27 HW #5, Skew-T diagram HW #4
Oct. 13th Oct. 14th Oct. 15th Radar and Satellites HW #6, Visble Image, Infrared Image, Study for QUIZ #1 HW #5
Satellite and Radar Links help in understanding a visible satellite image here - -
Oct. 20th Oct. 21st Oct. 22nd Atmospheric Force Balances ,QUIZ #1 HW #7 HW #6
Oct. 27th Oct. 28th Oct. 29th Thickness and the Thermal Wind HW #8 HW #7
Nov. 3rd Nov. 4th Nov. 5th Surface Cyclone Structure Part 1 (Slides 3-21) and Exam 2 review of material Test Nov. 6th in lec. HW #8
Nov. 10th Nov. 11th Nov. 12th Surface cyclone part 2 slides 21-till end , Data Analysis(Contouring) HW #9 , case study -
Contouring Links contouring practice using java applets here latest wisconsin observations - -
Nov. 17th Nov. 18th Nov. 19th Vertical Cyclone Structure case study Prepare for In-Class Debate, HW #9

Case Study links...

Links to reports by local National Weather Service Offices in North Platte and Kansas City on the storm NP 1 , NP 2 , KC 1

Storm Prediction Center Storm Reports... 4/9 12Z - 4/10 12Z , 4/10 12Z - 4/11 12Z , 4/11 12Z - 4/12 12Z		 Skew-T profiles... DAVENPORT, IA 4/10/12Z , LINCOLN, IL 4/10/12Z , MINNEAPOLIS, MN 4/10/12Z , NASHVILLE, TN 4/10/12Z , NORTH PLATTE, NE 4/10/12Z , TOPEKA, KS 4/10/12Z , SHREVEPORT, LA 4/10/12Z , DAVEN., IA 4/11/00Z , LINCOLN, IL 4/11/00Z , MINN., MN 4/11/00Z , NASH., TN 4/11/00Z , NP, NE 4/11/00Z , TOP., KS 4/11/00Z , SHREVE., LA 4/11/00Z , DAVEN., IA 4/11/12Z , LINCOLN, IL 4/11/12Z , MINN., MN 4/11/12Z , NASH., TN 4/11/12Z , NP., NE 4/11/12Z , TOP., KS 4/11/12Z , SHREVE., LA 4/11/12Z 500mb maps and station observations... contoured 500mb map 4/10 12Z , contoured 500mb map 4/11 0Z , contoured 500mb map 4/11 12Z , present station weather 4/10 12Z , present station weather 4/11 0Z , present station weather 4/11 12Z Satellite images... visible sat1 4/10 1332Z visible sat2 4/10 2232Z , visible closeup sat2 4/10 2232Z , visible sat3 4/11 1331Z , IR sat1 4/10 1332Z , IR sat2 4/10 2232Z , IR closeup sat2 4/10 2232Z , IR sat3 4/11 1332Z Radar images... radar1 4/10 12Z , radar2 4/10 18Z , radar3 4/11 0Z , radar4 4/11 6Z , radar5 4/11 12Z
Nov. 24th Nov. 25th Nov. 26th Intro. to Climate Change Prepare for In-Class Debate, Lake ice activity due last week of discussion case study
Climate Change links
Dec. 1st Dec. 2nd Dec. 3rd In-Class Climate Change Debate Lake Ice activity , Study for Quiz #2
Dec. 8th Dec. 9th Dec. 10th QUIZ #2, Material Wrap-up/ Evaluations (LAST DISCUSSION) Lake Ice activity
FINALS -

Badger Football Weather

Date: Madison local Time: Versus: Temp Predict: 301/302/303 Precip Predict: Spread Predict: Actual Temp: Actual Precip: Actual Spread: Weather Pts: Precip Pts: Football Pts:
09/06 11:00 Marshall
09/13 21:30 Fresno State 91F / 91F /91F no precip/ "" / "" +9/""/"" 86F/""/"" +3/""/"" 5/""/"" 6/""/""
09/27 14:30 Michigan 75F/77F/76F no precip/" "/" " badgers by 8/8/10 none michigan by 2
10/04 19:00 Ohio State 58F/55F/55F no precip./" "/" " badgers by 4/4/1 56 none ohio state by 3
10/11 19:00 Penn State 72 penn state by 41
10/18 11:00 Iowa 58/56/56 no rain/ " "/ " " badgers by 1/1/3 44 none Iowa by 22
10/25 11:00 Illinois 50/47/49 light rain/ " " / no rain Illini by 1/6/4 48 badgers by 10
11/01 11:00 Michigan State 44/43/46 no precip/ " " / " " Badgers by 2/1/2 none mich state by 1
11/08 11:00 Indiana 49/41/45 no precip/ " "/ " " badgers by 1/2/5 43 none badgers by 35
11/15 14:30 Minnesota 37/34/35 no precip/flurries/no precip badgers by 4/5/8 36 flurries badgers by 3
11/22 TBA Cal Poly
TOTALS SEC. 301
TOTALS SEC. 302
TOTALS SEC. 303