| Week |
Theme |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Introduction |
Lecture: Instrument systems overview |
Lecture: Circuits |
Lecture on Short Circuits & Proper use of Multimeters & Lab: Circuits |
| 2 |
Temperature |
Lecture: Thermometry & Guest Lecture by Mariette Kulin on ECCC Jobs |
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: Radiation (continued). Also if time: Intro to air pollutants. Lab: radiometers |
| 10 |
Air Pollutants, Upper-Air |
Lecture: "Air Pollutants and How to Measure Them". Guest lecture (via zoom) by Davi Monticelli. |
Lecture: Upper-air Soundings . |
Lecture Upper-air sounding principles. Lab: Field trip to UBC lawn for windsond launches. |
| 11 | Visibility, Clouds & Microcontrollers |
Lecture: Visibility & clouds . • Demo: drones
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Guest Lecture by Dr. Rosie Howard on Running Field Programs (e.g., for the 2010 Winter Olympics) | Lecture: Visibility & clouds (continued) |
| 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 |
Demo & Lab: Fast-response flux sensors. |
| 13 |
Field-program Planning |
How to plan a field program. Guest speakers: Lynn Engel (running winter field programs in N. Canada), (last class day) |
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| (final exam will be scheduled by UBC) |
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