Instructor: M. Baker
326 ATG
tel 685-3799
baker@ess.washington.edu
The papers will be due the last day of class, and each student or group will give a brief presentation on the proposal during the last week of class.
Week, Date | Unit | Topics | Reading Assignment | |||
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I, 10/2 | Introduction | Geophysical Roles of Water: The Hydrological Cycle II | H pp 1-15, and 115-124 | |||
II, 10/9 | The Water Molecule and Hydrogen Bonds | Dingman, Appendix B and Israelachvili, 122-128 | ||||
III, 10/16 | Thermodynamics of Water | WH pp 47-51 and 61-67; WH pp 87-104 | ||||
IV, 10/23 | The Atmosphere | Water Vapor and the Greenhouse Effect | Kump pp 35-55 and H Chapter 2 | |||
V, 10/30 | Clouds and Precipitation | WH 4.2-4.4, pp 158-181 WH 4.5, pp 181-199 |
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VI, 11/6 | Midterm The Oceans |
Composition of Ocean Water | H 7.1-7.6, pp 171-197 | |||
VII, 11/13 | Oceans, Ice and Climate | H Ch 8, pp 204-228 | ||||
VIII, 11/20 | Abstracts for Papers Due
The Lithosphere |
Water in Soils, Geysers and Volcanoes | Dingman, Ch. 6 pp 210-224 | |||
IX, 11/27 | The Cryosphere | Glaciers and Glacier Movement | Paterson, Chapter 3 and Martini, Chapter 7 |
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X, 12/4 | Presentation of research papers |