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OUTLINE
COURSE OUTLINE
COURSE NOTES
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION - GEOLOGY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF PLATE TECTONICS CHAPTER 2: UNITS, PRESSURE, DENSITY CHAPTER 3: SYSTEMS AND CHANGE: NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION CHAPTER 4: WATER ON EARTH: CLOUDS AND REMOTE SENSING CHAPTER 5: WAVES AND REMOTE SENSING CHAPTER 6: ENERGY, THERMODYNAMICS, AND RADIATION CHAPTER 7: MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS
PRIMERS
EXCEL PRIMER
POWERPOINT PRIMER
VISUAL BASIC for EXCEL PRIMER
MATLAB PRIMER
LABS
LAB #01 PLATES OF THE EARTH LAB #02 EXCEL INTRODUCTION LAB #02B MATLAB INTRODUCTION LAB #03 TOPOGRAPHY AND BATHYMETRY LAB #03 TOPOGRAPHY AND BATHYMETRY LAB #04 CONTINENTAL DRIFT: FITTING CONTINENTS LAB #05 DENSITY LAB #06 NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION LAB #07 BUOYANCY AND ARCHIMEDES PRICIPLE LAB #08 MINERALS LAB #09 TRIANGLE DIAGRAMS FOR MINERALS (WORD DOC) LAB #09 TRIANGLE DIAGRAMS FOR MINERALS (EXCEL) LAB #10 WAVES AND TSUNAMIS LAB #11 BREAKING WAVES LAB #12 SNELL'S LAW OF REFRACTION: EARTH STRUCTURE AND SALINITY LAB #13 REFRACTION AND RAY TRACING (WORD) LAB #14 ENERGY AND HEAT: THERMODYNAMICS LAB #15 THE EARTH IN SPACE: SUN PATH DIAGRAMS LAB #16 SOLAR RADIATION LAB #17 DAILY AND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE CYCLES LAB #18 ARCTIC SEA ICE LAB #19 3-BOX CLIMATE MODELS LAB #20 EQUILIBRIUM GREENHOUSE MODEL LAB #21 NONEQUILIBRIUM GREENHOUSE MODEL LAB #22 SIMPLE STRATOSPHERIC OZONE MODEL LAB #23 WATER AND VAPOR: PHASE DIAGRAMS LAB #24 CLOUDS LAB #25 SATELLITE IMAGES AND SOUNDINGS: REMOTE SENSING LAB #25b SATELLITE IMAGES AND SOUNDINGS: 10 Nov 2009 LAB #25b SOUNDINGS: 10 Nov 2009
LECTURE MATERIALS AND POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS (Also Check EAS 106, SCI 200, EAS 317, and EAS 488)
RADIATION LAWS: GREENHOUSE EFFECT: REMOTE SENSING PRINCIPLES INTERPRETING MODIS IMAGES
DATA FILES
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE SOUNDING IAD 08342 ATLANTIC BATHYMETRY AT 22 SOUTH LATITUDE ATLANTIC BATHYMETRY AT 25 WEST LONGITUDE HYPERBOLIC TANGENT FUNCTION STREAM STORM DISCHARGE HOURLY SUNSHINE ****** FOR TEST #1 SPRING 09SAMPLE TESTS
TEST #1 SPRING 2009 **** COMPLETE AT HOME, HAND IN MON MARCH 23 IMPORTANT EQUATIONS TEST #1 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TEST #1 SAMPLE QUESTIONS TEST #2 FALL 2008PROGRAMS
SUNSHINE MODEL