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1. Course Outline.
2. Exercises.
3. Lectures: Powerpoint Presentations. (No text is required but texts are on Reserve
in the Science Library under QC861)
4. Sample Tests.
5. Data Files.
OUTLINE
COURSE OUTLINELECTURES: POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS OF LECTURES MAY INCLUDE A LECTURE ON TSUNAMIS
LECTURE * 2011 JAPANESE TSUNAMI AND WAVE PROPERTIES PREFACE * SIZE, SCALE, MAGNITUDE LECTURE 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE ATMOSPHERE LECTURE 2 VIEWING AND DEPICTING THE ATMOSPHERE LECTURE 3 CLOUDS LECTURE 4 WAVES AND THE NATURE OF LIGHT LECTURE 5 OPTICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE (RAINBOWS, SKY COLOR, ETC.) LECTURE 6 SUNLIGHT LECTURE 7 PHYSICS OF AIR LECTURE 8 CHEMISTRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE LECTURE 9 HEATING THE ATMOSPHERE LECTURE 10 WATER IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND ON EARTH LECTURE 11 PRECIPITATION (RAIN, SNOW, HAIL, ETC.) LECTURE 12 VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE LECTURE 13 THE WINDS LECTURE 14 GLOBAL SCALE WINDS LECTURE 15 CLIMATES OF THE WORLD NOW LECTURE 16 THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES LECTURE 17 WINTER STORMS (EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES) LECTURE 18 HURRICANES (TROPICAL CYCLONES) LECTURE 19 FORECASTING LECTURE 20 CLIMATES OF THE PAST: EVIDENCE LECTURE 21 CLIMATES OF THE PAST AND FUTURE LECTURE 22 CLIMATE CYCLES AND EARTH'S ORBIT
Instructions: 1: Copy all programs to the same directory as the Powerpoint Presentations 2: Rename the programs by changing the extension (.abc) to (.exe). This will allow the programs to run Run the programs in Powerpoint or as STAND ALONE PROGRAMS as follows 1: Click on the PROGRAM NAME TO RUN AS STAND ALONE or Click on the box in PPT with the Program's Name. 2: When the warning about viruses pops up click YES (these programs are not viruses) 3: Maximize the small white screen (FORM 1) that pops up. 4: Click inside the white screen and follow any directions exactly. 5: If the program fails to run the first time, delete the screen and repeat. 6: Don't worry.
PROGRAM ABSORB_EMIT PROGRAM BUTTERFLY PROGRAM CHAOS PROGRAM CIRRUS PROGRAM COALESCE PROGRAM COLLIDE PROGRAM CORIOLIS PROGRAM COSLAW PROGRAM FLAKE PROGRAM FREEFALL PROGRAM GAS LAWS PROGRAM KEPLER PROGRAM MIRAGE PROGRAM OBSCURE PROGRAM PISTON PROGRAM RAYLEIGH SCATTERING PROGRAM RIVER_STAGE PROGRAM SEASONS PROGRAM SKEWT PROGRAM SQUEEZE PROGRAM SUNPATH PROGRAM GROUND TEMPERATURE PROGRAM DAILY TEMPERTURE CYCLE PROGRAM TEMPERATURE SCALE CONVERSIONS PROGRAM THERMOSCOPE PROGRAM THUNDERSTORM PROGRAM WINNOW
HOMEWORK #02 INTERPRETING WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGES
EXTRA CREDIT REPORT
SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS
TEST #1 SAMPLE PROBLEMS TEST #2 SAMPLE PROBLEMS TEST #3 SAMPLE PROBLEMSDATA FILES