Syllabus and Readings

HW Assignments

Forecast Contest, practice week Oct 29-Nov 2, contest period Nov 5-30

Grading Policy and Exam Schedule

Current Weather and Climate Info. and Other Fun Links

Cloud Atlas

Atmospheric Sciences 101: Weather
          Autumn 2012             (www.atmos.washington.edu/2012Q4/101)

Professor:

Chris Bretherton breth@uw.edu
704 ATG (Atmospheric Sci./Geophysics Bldg) 
685-7414 
Office hours: M 2:30-3:30 PM

Teaching Assistants:
 
Gallia Painter atms101a@gmail.com
Mark Gingrich atms101b@gmail.com

TA Office: 402 ATG, 543-6627 

Office hours: 
 
Gallia Painter:  Mo 2:30-3:30
Tu 1:00-2:00
Mark Gingrich:  Tu 2-3
We 3:30-4:30

Lectures: Mon-Thurs 10:30-11:20am, Kane 210

Quiz Sections:
 
AA F 10:30-11:20 MGH 254 Gingrich
AB F 10:30-11:20 EEB 037 Painter
AE F 12:30-1:20 MUE 153 Painter
AF Th 1:30-2:20 EEB 105 Gingrich

Required Textbook:

Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere, 6th edition, by Donald C. Ahrens, 2011, Brooks Cole Publishing Company 

While not required for the class, the following popular, readable and inexpensive book is an excellent introduction to our local weather:

Cliff Mass, 2008: The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington Press.