Instructors: Professor James R. Holton
408A
Atmospheric Sciences Bldg., 543-4010
holton@atmos.washington.edu
and
Dr. Lynn McMurdie
624 Atmospheric Sciences Bldg.,
685-9405
mcmurdie@atmos.washington.edu
Lectures: MWF, 1:30-2:20 PM; Laboratory: T 1:30-4:20 PM
Office Hours: Prof.Holton: MW, 3:30-4:30 PM; Dr. McMurdie: by chance or appointment.
Required Tools: Pencils, ruler, protractor and calculator for manual portion of lab, as well as departmental Sun workstations for numerical exercises.
Textbook: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, by J.R. Holton (Academic Press, 1992, third edition. pp. 511). We will cover chapters six through ten, and chapter thirteen.
Evaluation:
There will be regularly assigned homeworks, a midterm exam and a final exam. The evaluation procedure for the lecture portion of the course will be as follows:
Homework: 40%; Midterm 25%; Final 25%; Discussion 10%
The total class grade will be weighted 75% lecture/25% laboratory