Winter 2002
Final Grades Submitted
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Purpose of the course: to develop an understanding of the weather and related atmospheric phenomena. the emphasis will be on understanding how and why things happen, not the memorization of terminology.
Dale Durran durrand@atmos.washington.edu
606 ATG (Atmospheric
Sci./Geophysics Bldg)
543-7440
Office hours: M
2:00-3:00 PM
Teaching Assistants:
| Katie Crahan | katie@atmos.washington.edu |
| Gretchen Mullendore | gretchen@atmos.washington.edu |
| Darren Wilton | dcwilton@atmos.washington.edu |
TA Office: 420 ATG, 543-6627
Office hours:
| Crahan: | Tues. | 12:30-2:00 |
| Wilton: | Wed. | 11:30-1:00 |
| Mullendore: | Wed. | 1:00-2:30 |
Class Schedule:
Lectures: Mon-Thurs 10:30-11:20am, Kane 110
Quiz Sections:
| AA | F | 10:30-11:20 | MGH 251 | Crahan |
| AB | Th | 12:30-1:20 | JHN 123 | Mullendore |
| AC | F | 10:30-11:20 | CHL 036 | Wilton |
| AD | Th | 1:30-2:20 | JHN 064 | Crahan |
| AE | F | 1:30-2:20 | JHN 123 | Mullendore |
| AF | Th | 2:30-3:20 | JHN 123 | Wilton |
| AG | Th | 11:30-12:20 | MGH 231 | Crahan |
Textbooks (and required reading):
Course Notes on CD, published by Cyan Media, available from the UW bookstore
CD
Errata:
Unit 5, frame 6:
the direction shown by the wind arrows should be reversed
Unit 6, frame 24: the direction shown by the wind arrows (including the large green arrow) should be reversed
Unit 11, frame 6: the single most important reason the cold pool is cold is because it consists of downdraft air that was formed at mid-levels in the storm as dry air from outside the cloud is drawn into the cloud (entrained) and mixed with the saturated air inside the cloud. Thie entrained mixture of in-cloud and outside-cloud air is maintained at saturation by the evaporation cloud droplets, which causes it to cool and descend as a downdraft.
Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmoshere, 3rd edition by Donald C. Ahrens, 2001, West Publishing Company
Library resources:
The required textbooks,
together with the following introductoy textbooks have been placed on reserve
in the Undergraduate Library.
| Ahrens, C. Donald | Meteorology Today |
| Lutgens, Fredrick & Edward Tarbuck | The Atmosphere |
| Williams, Jack | The Weather Book |