Instructor: Professor Dean Hegg
520 Atmospheric
Sciences Bldg., 685-1984
deanhegg@atmos.washington.edu
Lectures: MWF, 11:30-12:20 PM; TTH, 11:30-1:20PM
Office Hours: To be arranged.
Required Tools: Lab notebook, bound, available at UBS
Textbook: None required
Evaluation: Laboratory Reports 66%; Final Exam 33%.
Jan 5-7 Introduction. Covers: syllabus, course philosopy, grading, review of error analysis, how to write lab reports.
Jan 8-14 Temperature. Calibration of 6 transducers, time response, absolute and transfer standards
Jan 15-21 Humidity. Calibration of various transducers, time response, vertical and horizontal variability
Jan 22-28 Winds-anemometers. Calib. in AA wind tunnel, time response, some discussion of dopplar radar
Jan 29- Feb 4 Precipitation/surface. TBG calibration, bias eval., other gauge types, Burges gauge farm
Feb 5-13 Deployment. Experimental plan, deploy TBG
Feb17-Feb 20 Precipitation/radar-satellite. Use of NEXRAD, principles of satellite retrieval, profilers
Feb 23 - Feb 27 Aerosols and Chemistry. Principles of aerosol and chemical measurements, calibration of selected instruments, set-up of monitoring
Mar 2- Mar 6 Data analysis of weather. Data collation, stations and monitoring analysis techniques, A&C instruments
Mar 9 - Mar 13 Radiometers ( if available). Not yet clear