Week |
Theme |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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1 |
Introduction |
Lecture: Instrument systems overview |
Lecture: Circuits |
Lecture on Short Circuits & Proper use of Multimeters & Lab: Circuits |
2 |
Temperature |
Lecture: Thermometry |
Lecture & Demo: Thermometers |
Lecture & Lab: Build and use Thermocouples |
3 |
Data Acquisition |
Lecture: Data Acquisition |
Lecture & Demo: Data Loggers |
Lecture & Lab: Program CR1000 data logger |
4 |
Instrument Response |
Lecture: Static Response |
Lecture: Dynamic Response |
Demo & Lab: Calibration. Response time. |
5 |
Pressure |
Lecture: Barometry |
Midterm Exam #1 |
Demo & Lab: barometers |
6 |
Humidity |
Lecture: Hygrometry |
Demo: Humidity |
Lab: hygrometers & psychrometers |
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Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
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7 |
Precipitation |
Lecture: Precipitation |
Lecture & Demo: Rain gauges |
Lecture & Lab: precipitation |
8 |
Wind Speed & Direction |
Lecture: Anemometry |
Lecture & Demo: Anemometers |
Field trip to UBC wind tunnel Lab: wind measurement |
9 |
Radiation |
Lecture: Solar & terrestrial radiation |
Midterm Exam #2 |
Lecture: Pollutant sensors - Part 1 Lab: radiometers |
10 |
Visibility, Clouds, Pollutants, Upper-Air |
Lecture: Visibility and cloud height/ceiling- Part 1 |
Pollutant sensors - Part 2 Guest Lecture by Davi Monticelli |
Lecture Upper-air sounding principles. Lab: Field trip to UBC lawn for windsond launches. |
11 | Visibility, Clouds & Microcontrollers |
Guest Lecture by Claude Labine: Running Field Programs |
Lecture : Visibility & clouds -part 2. • Demo: drones |
Demo: Using microcontrollers as data loggers for pollutants and wind. |
12 |
Eddy-correlation, Fluxes, and TKE |
Lecture: Fast-response sensors to measure turbulence. Turbulence kinetic energy (TKE). |
Lecture: Fluxes, Eddy-correlation method, and Bowen-ratio method |
Good Friday Holiday |
13 |
Field-program Planning |
Easter Holiday | How to plan a field program. Guest speakers: Chris Rodell & Dr. Rosie Howard. (last class day) |
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(final exam will be scheduled by UBC) |