| Geography 520: Climatology | Autumn Quarter 2008 | ||||||
| 24 Oct. 2008 | |||||||
| Week | Lecture | Day of Week | Month | Day | Topic | Reading O&H pages | Exercise |
| 1 | 1 | W | Sep. | 24 | Introduction, units, vertical structure of atmosphere, gasses | 19-Feb | |
| 2 | F | Sep. | 26 | Sounding the atmosphere | |||
| 2 | 3 | M | Sep. | 29 | Electromagnetic radiation, Milankovitch cycles and climate change | 21-24 | quiz 1, the atmosphere and its sounding |
| 4 | W | Oct. | 1 | energy budgets, greenhouse effect | 26-35 | HW 1, radiation laws | |
| 5 | F | Oct | 3 | energy budgets 2 | |||
| 3 | 6 | M | Oct. | 6 | Earth orbit, the seasons. Earth rotation, seasons, and diurnal fluctuations | 37-52 | |
| 7 | W | Oct. | 8 | Moisture in the atmosphere: humidity variables, measuring humidity, evaporation, condensation, cloud formation | 58-65, 73-75 | HW 1 Due | |
| 8 | F | Oct | 10 | Water budgets, regional hydroclimatology | 75-83 | quiz 2 | |
| 4 | 9 | M | Oct | 13 | Guest Lecture: Josh Jankot - Atmospheric pressure and atmospheric motion | 86, 88 P gradient, 89 Coriolis, 90 Friction | |
| 10 | W | Oct | 15 | Local winds | 96-101 | ||
| 11 | F | Oct | 17 | Global and regional atmospheric circulation | CH6 pp. 105-121 | hand out HW exercise 2 | |
| 5 | 12 | M | Oct | 20 | Guest lecture: Jailin Lin - Microclimate | CH 10 pp 180-188 | |
| 13 | W | Oct | 22 | no class | CH7 pp. 122-133 | ||
| 14 | F | Oct | 24 | 1) ocean circulation, 2) clouds | HW exercise 2 due. | ||
| 6 | M | Oct | 27 | Severe weather: Tornadoes, Flooding, etc. | CH9 pp. 156-178 | quiz 3 | |
| W | Oct | 29 | Tropical Cyclones | ||||
| F | Oct | 31 | Midterm Review | ||||
| 7 | 15 | M | Nov. | 3 | Midterm Exam | ||
| 16 | W | Nov. | 5 | Past Climate: Reconstructing the past | CH 14 | HW 3 | |
| 17 | F | Nov. | 7 | Global climate modeling / weather forecasting, M. Davis Guest Lecture | |||
| 8 | 18 | M | Nov. | 10 | Climate Change | CH16 pp. 295-309 | |
| 19 | W | Nov. | 12 | Glaciers and Climate | |||
| 20 | F | Nov. | 14 | The Human Response to Climate | CH 17 | HW 3 Due, HW 4 assigned | |
| 9 | M | Nov. | 17 | Landuse and Climate, Carbon Sequestration/Carbon Cycle, mitigation | |||
| 21 | W | Nov. | 19 | Climate Change Science | quiz 4, IPCC | ||
| 22 | F | Nov. | 21 | Geoengineering | |||
| 10 | 23 | M | Nov. | 24 | Climate, Agriculture, and Industry | CH 18 | |
| W | Nov. | 26 | no class, Happy Thanksgiving | ||||
| F | Nov. | 28 | No Class (Columbus Day) | ||||
| 11 | 24 | M | Dec. | 1 | Climate and Economics, Sustainability | ||
| W | Dec. | 3 | Final Exam review | ||||
| F | Dec. | 5 | Final Exam, in class time | ||||