GE 2640 Atmospheric Observations and Meteorology --Fall 2007

Lectures and recitations: --William I Rose 207 Dow Bldg 487-2367 email: raman@mtu.edu

office hours: wed 9-12 am ( but email in the best way to contact me—send anytime!!)

Textbook: Weather Studies, 3rd edition by Joseph M Moran and Weather Studies Investigations Manual American Meteorological Society 2006

What this course is about: (click each lecture topic for Objectives and Outcomes*)

The earth's atmosphere and how it touches our lives.

Atmospheric measurements.

Real time data analysis.

Forecasting weather.

Schedule of Classes and Exercises:

Date

Lecture Topic

Chapter

Exercises

4-6 Sept	Monitoring the weather	1	1A, 1B
	Weather Analysis and Forecasting	13	13A, 13B
11-13 Sept	Earth's Atmosphere	2	2A, 2B
18-20 Sept	Solar and terrestrial radiation	3	3A, 3B
25-27 Sept	Heat, temperature, circulation	4	4A, 4B
2-4 Oct	Air Pressure	5	5A, 5B
9-11 Oct	Humidity, saturation, stability	6	6A, 6B
16-18 Oct	Clouds, Precipitation, Radar	7	7A, 7B
23-25 Oct	Wind and weather	8	8A, 8B
30 Oct-1 Nov	Atmosphere's circulation	9	9A, 9B
6-8 Nov	Air masses, fronts, cyclones, anticyclones	10	10A, 10B
13-15 Nov	Thunderstorms, tornadoes	11	11A, 11B
27-29 Nov	Hurricanes	12	12A, 12B
4-6 Dec	Climate and climate Change	15	15A, 15B
11-13 Dec	Light and Sound in the atmosphere	14	14A, 14B

Web address for Notes and web explorations: http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/login.cfm/

Local web information: http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/weather.html

The class grade is based on the exercises (50%), on two forecast exercises (November 1 and Nov 29) and on two exams, which will be given on these dates: October 2, November 8. There will also be an optional take home test given on Dec 13.

Class Forecasting tools

Texas A & M tutorials

This class is framed on the AMS efforts at a real time meteorology class. It requires completion of web exercises on time. You cannot make the class up later, but you must submit assignments on time. Regular assignments are graded and returned.