Meteorology and Climate UNLV Geography, GEOG 390 section 001 Call # 07256 Spring 2009

This class will meet Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 to 5:15 pm in TEC 104.

What this course will cover
This is an ideal course for those interested in weather, storms, clouds, and even forecasting the weather. Topics include atmospheric structure, humidity, clouds, fog, rain, snow, wind, weather systems, severe weather, and climate change.  We will also be looking at and discussing weather maps, radar, satellite imagery and how to take meteorological measurements.

Course outcomes
Students will:
1.Demonstrate an understanding of the physical factors causing weather and climate and why geographic areas have their particular climate
2.Show proficiency making calculations with the variables used to quantity physical factors, such as temperature, humidity, dew point, and winds
3.Learn how weather forecasting is done, and be able to use web resources such as model results to forecast basic weather patterns
4.Demonstrate their understanding of basic weather forecasting concepts, models, data, and satellite information by presenting a comprehensive weather map discussion

Syllabus
Lecture notes, class handouts and weather briefings

Weather Briefing
Procedures, guidance and questions to ask
Briefing links

Text
Ahrens, Meteorology Today, 9th edition, Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning, 2009
ISBN-10: 0495555738, ISBN-13: 978-0495555735

Prerequisites
GEOG 101 and MATH 128

Additional Class Resources
Pyrocumulus
Saturation vapor pressure graph
Coriolis effect
Cool time lapse cloud movies
EarthHour 2009: On March 38, turn your lights off at 8:30 pm!
EarthHour Las Vegas: see who is joining in on EarthHour in the city of lights
Various animations that we saw in class

Last updated March 26, 2009

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