logging in or signing up Course Guidelines Crystal Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 49 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: September 12, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript DESERT METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATEATOC 4750-5750 : DESERT METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE ATOC 4750-5750 Prerequisites: Prerequisites Basic weather course such as ATOC 1050 Course Philosophy: Course Philosophy Accommodate varied backgrounds of students - Hard science versus non-science - Undergraduate versus graduate This requires flexibility in course requirements - common core material for all students - possible special projects/papers that are related to students’ individual interests - more challenging homework for grads Text: Text Title – Desert Meteorology Availability – CU bookstore Approximate Schedule: Approximate Schedule Week 1 – Introduction (Ch 1) and Dynamics of Deserts (Ch 2) Week 2 – Dynamics of Deserts (Ch 2) Week 3 – Dynamics of Deserts (Ch 2), Desert Climates (Ch 3) Week 4 – Desert Climates (Ch 3) Week 5 – Atmospheric and Surface Energy Budgets of Deserts (Ch 4) Week 6 – Surface Physics of Desert Landscapes (Chs 5-7) Week 7 – Numerical Modeling of the Desert Atmosphere (Ch 9), and Desert Boundary Layers (Ch 10) Week 8 – Desert Microclimates (Ch 11), and Interactions Among Desert Microclimates (Ch 12) Week 9 – Desert Rainfall (Ch 13) Week 10 – Changes in Desert Climate (Ch 15) Week 11 – Severe Weather in the Desert (Ch 16) Week 12 – Effects of Deserts on the Global Environment (Ch 17), Week 13 – Desertification (Ch 18) Week 14 – Biometeorology of Deserts (Ch 19) Week 15 – Presentation of special projects/papers Final Exam – comprehensive Throughout the semester, discussions focusing on individual deserts will be interspersed with the scheduled material. Grading : Grading 2 exams plus final (20% each) Quiz about every week (8-10, drop 1, totaling 20%) Homework (review questions, problems and exercises, 20%) – encouraged to work together, typed, put all names on homework Student Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities Check email at least once a day (I’ll send quiz reminders, distribute sample exams, etc.). Attend class. Email or call me if there is a problem. Let me know if any basic-meteorology topics need review. Participate in class discussions Instructor Responsibilities: Instructor Responsibilities Announce (in class and/or on web) quiz dates the week before Review basic material, as necessary Post lectures on web before class Announce reading assignments (you will not be responsible for all material in text) Minimize 'lecture' format Class Web Sitehttp://www.rap.ucar.edu/~warner/: Class Web Site http://www.rap.ucar.edu/~warner/ - lecture Powerpoints - sample exams from previous classes - text errata - syllabus You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Course Guidelines Crystal Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 49 Category: Entertainment License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: September 12, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript DESERT METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATEATOC 4750-5750 : DESERT METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE ATOC 4750-5750 Prerequisites: Prerequisites Basic weather course such as ATOC 1050 Course Philosophy: Course Philosophy Accommodate varied backgrounds of students - Hard science versus non-science - Undergraduate versus graduate This requires flexibility in course requirements - common core material for all students - possible special projects/papers that are related to students’ individual interests - more challenging homework for grads Text: Text Title – Desert Meteorology Availability – CU bookstore Approximate Schedule: Approximate Schedule Week 1 – Introduction (Ch 1) and Dynamics of Deserts (Ch 2) Week 2 – Dynamics of Deserts (Ch 2) Week 3 – Dynamics of Deserts (Ch 2), Desert Climates (Ch 3) Week 4 – Desert Climates (Ch 3) Week 5 – Atmospheric and Surface Energy Budgets of Deserts (Ch 4) Week 6 – Surface Physics of Desert Landscapes (Chs 5-7) Week 7 – Numerical Modeling of the Desert Atmosphere (Ch 9), and Desert Boundary Layers (Ch 10) Week 8 – Desert Microclimates (Ch 11), and Interactions Among Desert Microclimates (Ch 12) Week 9 – Desert Rainfall (Ch 13) Week 10 – Changes in Desert Climate (Ch 15) Week 11 – Severe Weather in the Desert (Ch 16) Week 12 – Effects of Deserts on the Global Environment (Ch 17), Week 13 – Desertification (Ch 18) Week 14 – Biometeorology of Deserts (Ch 19) Week 15 – Presentation of special projects/papers Final Exam – comprehensive Throughout the semester, discussions focusing on individual deserts will be interspersed with the scheduled material. Grading : Grading 2 exams plus final (20% each) Quiz about every week (8-10, drop 1, totaling 20%) Homework (review questions, problems and exercises, 20%) – encouraged to work together, typed, put all names on homework Student Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities Check email at least once a day (I’ll send quiz reminders, distribute sample exams, etc.). Attend class. Email or call me if there is a problem. Let me know if any basic-meteorology topics need review. Participate in class discussions Instructor Responsibilities: Instructor Responsibilities Announce (in class and/or on web) quiz dates the week before Review basic material, as necessary Post lectures on web before class Announce reading assignments (you will not be responsible for all material in text) Minimize 'lecture' format Class Web Sitehttp://www.rap.ucar.edu/~warner/: Class Web Site http://www.rap.ucar.edu/~warner/ - lecture Powerpoints - sample exams from previous classes - text errata - syllabus