| Week 2 |
11 - 17 Sep 2023 |
| Monday (D1) | Finish Homework from previous week.
Be sure your name, student number, and HW# are at top of every page.
Deadline: Submit a pdf of your homework any time or date BEFORE the start of class, 2 pm Monday Pacific Time,
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| Morning |
| Midday |
2 PM Pacific Time
| Class:
- Don't forget to submit your homework electronically before class starts.
- Discussion & interaction on topics from S.Ch1.p14-22.
- Monday Tutorial/Demo
of advanced techniques using Excel for problem solving &
graphing. (fill down, increment down, absolute vs relative
references, graphing, axis changing. e.g., S.Ch8.A18).
| Topics: Basic Thermo & Hydrostatic Relationships, Excel Demo 2.
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Learning Goals
At the end of this section, you should be able to:
- Describe
the physical concepts behind the equations of state, hydrostatic, and
hypsometric, and be able to use them.
- Relate the "iso..." names to the atmospheric processes that they represent.
- Explain what the virtual temperature represents, & be able to compute it and use it.
- Use Excel confidently for most meteorological numerical problems and graphing.
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| Evening | Readings:
- S.Ch14. Sections 14.0 - 14.1 (but not subsection 14.1.4.2)
Warm-up Questions:
Do quiz W02 D2 online on Canvas. | Topic: Thunderstorm Characteristics & Types (including Supercells)
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Learning Goals
At the end of this section, you should be able to:
- Visually recognize thunderstorms and identify their cloud components.
- Describe the stages in evolution of a thunderstorm cell.
- Compare & contrast basic storms vs. supercell storms.
- Explain how different types of supercell storms work.
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| Tuesday (D2) |
| Morning |
| Midday |
| Evening |
10 PM Pacific Time
| Deadline to finish warm-up Qs.
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| Wed. (D3) | . |
| Morning |
| Midday |
| 2 PM Pacific Time | Class:
- Discussion & interaction on topics from readings (bring your clicker).
- Tstorm cells: YouTube Day 1-25 and Day 1-30,
- YouTube videos: 2-10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40
Notes to Instructor: Bring to class:
- DVD StormWatcher Video
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| Evening | Readings:
- S.Ch14. Sections 14.1.4.0 & 14.1.4.2 & the INFO box about Derechos on p494.
- S.Ch8.
- Read the Remote Sensing intro on p219, and
- the weather radar
Fundamentals section 8.3.1.
- On p246 read the one dBZ paragraph containing eq. (8.27).
- Next read the sections 8.3.2.2 - 8.3.3.2 .
-Finally read
the Identification of Storm Characteristics subsection 8.3.3.4.
Warm-up Questions:
Do quiz W02 D4 online on Canvas. | Topic: Thunderstorm Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCS), Radar Fundamentals & Storm Chasing Tips
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Learning Goals
At the end of this section, you should be able to:
- Compare and contrast MCS storms with other thunderstorm types.
- Summarize how a weather radar operates.
- Interpret radar reflectivity info to diagnose rainfall intensity. (Z-R relationships)
- Explain the range and velocity limitations of weather radar. (start
today, finish on Monday)
- Make sound decisions when you chase and photograph severe storms.
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| Thurs (D4) |
| Morning |
| Midday |
| Evening |
10 PM Pacific time
| Deadline to finish warm-up Qs. |
| Friday (D5) | . |
| Morning |
| Midday |
| 2 PM Pacific Time | Class:
- Discussion & interaction on topics from readings (bring your clicker).
- Intro to MCSs.
- Intro to weather radar.
- Video on Approaching the Storm, from The Art of Storm Chasing (Disk 1, Title 2, Ch 6) 12 min.
Notes to Instructor: Bring to class:
- DVD Art of Storm Chasing
- Magnetron. |
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| Evening | End-of-Week Homework Exercises.
(Due at start of Monday's class.)
Homework 2 (must use a computer spreadsheet for all HWs this week and all future weeks)
S.Ch1. A7e, A10b, A11e, A12e.
S.Ch8: A10e, A11, A12e, A13e, A18e, A19e.
| Learning Goals
At the end of this section, you should be able to: - Apply topics covered earlier this week to compute number answers & infer their significance.
- Use a computer spreadsheet such as Excel to solve your homework exercises.
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| Saturday(D6) |
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| Sunday (D7) |
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