GEOG 170

Fall 2009

Geog. 170: Meteorology

Geography 170

Instructor: Steve LaDochy sladoch@calstatela.edu
Office Hrs.: KH C4061 MW 10-12; T 2-5 or by appointment

http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/sladoch/sladoch-spring05.htm

Course News-

Welcome to Meteorology. By now you should have picked up your text and Meteorology Lab Manual and have looked at the course homepage (this one). Get into a routine of looking at the homepage each day, reading over the Daily Summary on the Datastreme Atmosphere homepage.

Week 1: Take the pre-course survey. Click here and take the survey. Save the file and email it to your instructor.

Week 1 Lab: Natural Hazards of North America (p. 2 in your lab manual)

Week 2 Lab: Weather Instruments-Taking Field Data Measurements (p. 3 in your lab manual)

Week 3 Lab: Surface Energy Budget (p. 6)

Week 4 Lab: S. California Climate (p. 10) Due Mon., Nov. 9

Climate Data (Excel file)

Week 5 Lab: Weather Map Analysis (p. 20) Due Mon., Nov. 9

Week 6 Lab: Weather Maps Too (p. 27) Due Mon., Nov. 9

Week 7 Lab: El Nino/ La Nina Southern Oscillation

No Lab for Week 8

Week 9 Lab: Floods (p. 30)

Week 1 Lecture

Week 2 Lecture

Week 3 Lecture (Ahrens Chapter 3)

Week 4 Lecture (Ahrens Chapter 4-Humidity)

Week 5 Lectures (Ahrens Chapter 5-Condensation,)

(Chapter 5 Cloud Formation)

(Chapter 5 Precipitation)

Week 6 Lecture Winds…See “Wind Animations” at end of webpage.

Chapter 6 Local Winds

Chapter 7 Atmospheric Circulation

Week 7 Lecture Ch. 8-Fronts,

Ch. 8-Cyclones

Week 8 Lecture Ch. 10-Thunderstorms, Tornadoes

1^st mid-term exam (Chapters 1-3) Week4 (Wed. Oct. 21)

Here is a study guide for Exam1: Study Guide1.

2^nd mid-term exam – (Chapters 4-7) Week 7 (Mon Nov. 16)

Study Guide (click here)

Sample textbook questions:

Ch. 4-Humidity Ch. 4 Condensation,clouds Ch. 5 Stability Ch. 5 Precipitation Ch. 6 Pressure,winds Ch. 6 Local winds Ch. 7 Global winds

Final exam (Chapters 8-11) is Wed. Dec. 9th 9-10:30am Good Luck!

Study Guide (click here)

Sample Questions-Final

Chapter 8-fronts 8a: cyclones Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11

Course Description

This meteorology course looks at the changing patterns of weather and climate and the processes that are responsible for all the atmosphere’s various features. As part of the LA: Hazards City theme, we will focus on weather-related hazards and how they impact our society, particularly in sunny southern California. And speaking of hazards, Sept. 21-26 was California Hazardous Weather Awareness Week at the National Weather Service.

Course Syllabus

While the lecture portion of the course will be in-class discussion, exploring the causes of weather events, the lab provides you with hands-on activities that compliment the lecture. As a Learning Community theme course, some of these labs will be covered in both Geog. 170 and Geol. 158.

Weather Resources

Surface Weather Map	24-hr Min Temperatures	24-hr Max Temperatures	24-hr Precipitation
Weekly WeatherNews	Map Symbols
US Radar map	Visible Satellite Image	IR Satellite Image	WV Satellite Image
500-mb Map	300-mb Map	Lightning Map