Caution: The actual lectures may deviate slightly from this outline when necessary. Please do not be alarmed.
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17 JUN (R) |
Introduction
Weather/climate elements; surface & aloft
Observing the Atmosphere Surface weather charts and satellite imagery Composition
of present and past atmosphere
Temperature, thermometry and vertical temperature structure |
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22 JUN (T) 24 JUN (R) |
Radiation
(continued) and energy
budgets
Gas law and First law of thermodynamics |
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28 JUN (M)
29 JUN (T) 30 JUL (W) 1 JUL (R) |
Cloud
types and classification
Precipitation formation processes ,precipitation measurement & types Clouds and precipitation (continued) & weather modification |
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5 JUL (M)
6 JUL (T) 7 JUL (W) 8 JUL (R) |
4th of July Observance (No Class) |
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12 JUL (M)
13 JUL (T) 14 JUL (W) 15 JUL (R) |
Atmospheric
motions , vertical & horizontal; local circulations Upper
air observations and charts
Planetary scale atmospheric circulation patterns General atmospheric circulation patterns (con't) Monsoons, El Niño |
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19 JUL (M)
20 JUL (T) 21 JUL (W) 22 JUL (R) |
Air
masses, extratropical cyclones & fronts
Extratropical cyclones: morphology, evolution |
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26 JUL (M)
27 JUL (T) 28 JUL (W) 29 JUL (R) |
Midlatitude
anticyclones
Upper air circulation patterns and their relationship to surface features |
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2 AUG (M)
3 AUG (T) 4 AUG (W) 5 AUG (R) |
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Present climates , Past climates, climatic change and review |
Last revision: 5 April 1999
Produced by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
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