UBC ATSC 303 - Methods in Atmospheric Science

Lab Activities & Field Trips

Under Construction. Subject to change...

Lab Homeworks are due 1 week after the lab meeting. Namely submit your lab reports as a pdf via Canvas assignments before the start of the next week's lab.
Here are tips on how to create better graphs, so you can earn higher grades on your Lab reports.
Here is a template (as a word.doc and as a pdf ) for writing your lab reports.

Labs

Week
Topic
Data
1
Circuits lab (2023) Additional resources (2023):
Breadboard Guide
Resistor Chart
Absent Students Circuit Lab (2023)
2
Thermometer lab (2023)
Group Data: (2023)
Team 1: JB, JC, BF, AL, IP
Team 2: AB, HC-M, JD, KP
Team 3: HD, KM, JR, JR
Team 4: ME, JM, AZ
3
Data-logger lab (2023)

 Table comparing different dataloggers .pdf (thanks to Team 3).
Programs and Data (2023):
Team 1 code & data
Team 2 code & data
Team 3 code & data
Team 4 code & data

4
Calibration and Time Response lab (2023) Group Data (2023):
Team 1 code & data
Team 2 code & data
Team 3 code & data
Team 4 code & data
Tips for doing the Dynamic-response Lab.

Default data (2020) to use if your data is not working out:
GoodData1.dat
GoodData2.dat
GoodData3.dat

GoodData4.csv
GoodData5.csv
GoodData6.csv
5
Barometry lab (2023)

Barometry Lab Excel Template (2023)

Data & Info (2023):
RM Young electronic barometer: CR1000 code and data .

Hint: Assume the ESB Rooftop station data is at the same elevation as our measurements.

Data from 2020:
lab5_rmyoung.csv
davis_wxsation.csv

6
Hygrometry lab (2023)

Group Data (2023):
Team 1: AZ, JC, JM, KM
Team 2: BF, HCM, IP, JR
Team 3: AL, HD, JR, KP
Team 4: AB, JB, ME
Assmann Psychrometer data .

Data from 2020:
lab6_default1.csv
lab6_default2.csv
lab6_default3.csv

7 Precipitation lab (2023)

Group Data (2023):
Team 1: AZ, JC, JM, KM
Team 2: BF, HCM, IP, JR
Team 3: AL, HD, JR, KP
Team 4: AB, JB, ME

Data logger code .

8
Anemometer lab (2023)

2023 Info:
"How Wind Tunnels Work" videos (Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3)
"How Sonic Anemometers Work" video .

2023 data:
Parkinson Wind Tunnel (PWT) calibration chart
Table with New Readings (for comparison)

2015 data:
Sonic data column configuration (.xlsx)
2015_sonic_1230_start.txt
Kestrel_data2015.xlsx
WindTunnelCalibration2015.xlsx

2020 (=2017) data:
The following three Pictures of the in-lab setup and chalkboard notes:
schematic_setup_1.jpg
schematic_setup_2.jpg
chalkboard_notes.jpg
Lab 8 files for the 3D sonic and kestrel:
kestrel_2020.csv
sonic_2020.csv

9
Radiometer lab (2023)

2023 Info
Radiometer Lab Data and Code 2023.

Old (2020) lab data:
default1_CR3000_CNR1.csv
default2_CR3000_IRR-P.csv

default3_CR3000_CNR1.csv
default4_CR3000_IRR-P.csv

default5_CR3000_CNR1.csv
default6_CR3000_IRR-P.csv

Older Whister radiation data:
Radiation data from Whistler

10 Visibility & Ceiling lab (2023) &
Upper-air lab(2023)

Guest Lab Instructor 2023 for upper air: Chris Rodell.
2023 Info :
2023 Skew-T plot of both windsond ascents
2023 Sonde paths in 3D: map1 , map2 , map3
CSV file with 2023 sounding data

2011 Info:
Excel file with 2011 sounding data
A blank tephigram
Definitions of: mandatory levels & significant levels

11 Arduino Microcontroller Lab (2023)

Guest Lab Instructors 2023: Reagan McKinney & Chris Rodell.

2023 Data:
csv file with air-quality data, collected using Arduino

12 Eddy-correlation and flux lab (2023) Spreadsheet Data: sonic.xlsx or sonic.csv;
Whistler data: WhistlerDataAM.xlsx or WhistlerDataAM.csv
(.xlsx and .csv files contain the same data, but saved in different formats)
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Field Trips