ATM S 451, Winter 1998

Instruments and Observations

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%.

Course Outline

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

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