Spring 2013

Geog. 170: Meteorology

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Lightning does strike twice

                  Geography 170

Instructor: Steve LaDochy    sladoch@calstatela.edu

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Course News-

 

Welcome to Online Meteorology.  By now you should have picked up your text and Investigations 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, then working on the assignments for each week. While the Datastreme Atmosphere homepage is in real-time, your assignments below have been archived and will be 3 week behind (since our quarter starts 3 week after their semester course). Then email or fax (323-343-6494) your work to me.

 

News Items:  New books are expensive. Do not buy text and lab manual new as separate items at campus bookstore. Bundled, they are $50 cheaper. Best to buy books at Book Mart on Eastern. You will need the new lab manual for the first week. Please bring it to class. 

 

Textbook: Weather Studies 5th ed. (2013)

Lab Manual: Investigations Manual-Weather Studies 2012-13 & Summer 2013 (do not get any other lab edition)

 

NO CLASS ON JUNE 4TH AND JUNE 6TH.  All assignments, including Week 12 and post-course survey due FRI June 7th. 

Final will be Tues. June 11th 1:30 KH C4077.

 

Note: Due to technical problems, some of the links have shifted to other links. I have redone weeks 7-10 below

“This Week’s Assignments” below.

 

1st mid-term exam  Week 5, Tu or Thurs Apr. 30, May 2 (Chapters 1-3)

Study Guide (click here) 

sample questions: Chapter 1     Chapter 2     Chapter 3

 

2nd mid-term exam – Week 8 Tu May 21 or Th May 23 (Chapters 4-7)

Study Guide (click here)

Self-test sample questions:          Chapter 5     Chapter 6     Chapter 7   Chapter 4

 

Final exam is Tues. June 11th 1:30-4    Rm. KH C4077 (both sections)    Good Luck!!

  Study Guide (click here)

Self-test sample questions:  Chapter 8     Chapter 9     Chapter 10     Chapter 11     Chapter 12

 


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. 


 

Course Syllabus

Tentative Schedule

While the lecture portion of the course will be online, with links to readings, assignments, and resources, there will also be an on-campus lab section.  You may either take the Tues. or Thurs. lab at 1:30-4 pm KH D-4046. I encourage you to attend all lab sessions as I will highlight chapter material and go over lab assignments. The lab also gives you an opportunity to ask questions in-person and to interact with other students.

Week 1 Do both CWS A and B, skip Investigations 1A & 1B.  Enter your answers on the Week 1 Current Weather Studies answer form and email them to me.   Note CWS A -skip #1-3. Skip CWS B #1-2.  Skip Applications questions. Please complete the Course Survey (below) and email the file to me.

Week 2 Skip CWS 2A questions 1,2.  Please send me the survey if you have not already.

Week 3:  Do both CWS 3A and 3B and Invest. 3A and 3B. No applications.

Week 4:  Do both CWS and Invest. 4A and 4B. Skip Applications.  For CWS 4A, skip questions 1-4; CWS 4B skip questions  12-14.

Week 5: Do CWS 5A, B and INV 5A,B; Mid-term Exam #1

Week 6: Do all Chapters 6 and 7 except Skip CWS 6A questions 1,2; Skip INV 7A.

Week 7: Do all Chapters 8 and 9 except skip Investigations 8A and 9A and CWS 9B 1-5..

Week 8: Do CWS 10A (skip 1-11), B (skip 1-5) and INV 10A, 10B

Week 9: Please complete the Course Survey (below on Week 11) and email the completed file to me. Also do CWS 11A,B and INV B.

Week 10 Skip CWS 12B, but do CWS A and INV A and B from chapter 12.

This Week’s Assignments

 

Wk7Im1a     Wk7Im2a    Wk7Im3a    Wk7Im1b    Wk7Im2b    Wk7Im3b    Wk7CWS-A    Wk7CWS-B     Wk7CWS-ans     Wk7INV-ans

 

Wk8-Im-1a   Wk8Im-1b     Wk8Im-2b     Wk8Im-3b    Wk8-CWS-A   Wk8-CWS-B    Wk8CWS-Ans         Wk8INV-Ans

 

Wk9Im-1a     Wk9Im-2a     Wk9Im-3a     Wk9Im-1b     Wk9Im-2b     Wk9Im3b     Wk9CWS-A     Wk9CWS-B     Wk9_CWS-Ans     Wk9INV-Ans

 

Wk10Im-1a    Wk10Im-2a    Wk10Im-3a    Wk10Im1b    Wk10Im2b    Wk10Im3b     Wk10CWS-A    Wk10CWS-B     Wk10CWS-ans    Wk10INV-ans   

 

Wk11Im-1a   Wk11Im-2a   Wk11Im-3a    Wk11Im1b    Wk11Im2b    Wk11Im3b    Wk11CWS-A    Wk11CWS-B    Wk11CWS-Ans    Wk11INV-Ans

 

Wk12Im-1a   Wk12Im-2a   Wk12Im-3a    Wk12Im1b    Wk12Im2b    Wk12Im3b    Wk12CWS-A    Wk12CWS-B    Wk12CWS-Ans    Wk12INV-Ans

 

 

 

     

                    Week1 CWS A

    Week1 CWS B

 

Week 1 CWS Answers

 

 

       Image 1a      Image 2a

    Image 1b

 

 

Suppl. Info-M

 Info-Tu

Course Survey

Info-W  Info-Th  Info-F

 

 

Wk2-CWS A

Wk2-CWS B

 

 

 

Wk2Image 1a

Wk2Image 2a

Wk2 Image 1b

Wk2  CWS answers

    Wk2 Invest. Answers

 

 

Suppl. Info-M

Suppl. Info-T

Suppl. Info-W

Suppl. Info-Th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Week3-CWS_A

Wk3-CWS_B

 

Wk3 CWS Answers

 

 

   Wk3_Im_1a

     Wk3_Im_2a    Wk3_Im_3a

      Wk3_Im_1b

  Wk3_Im-2b

   Wk3 Inv Answers

 

 

Suppl. Info Wk3-M  

 Suppl. Info Wk3-Tu

Suppl. Info-W

Suppl Info Wk3-Th       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Wk4_CWS_A

    Wk4_CWS_B

 

Wk4-CWS_Answers

 

 

Wk4 Im 1a     Wk4_Image_1a

Wk4_Image_1b

Wk4 Im 1b

Wk4-Inv._Answers

 

 

Wk4-Sup-M

Wk4-Supl-Tu

Wk4-Suppl-W

Wk4-Suppl-Th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wk5-CWS A

Wk5-CWS B

 

Wk5CWS Answers

 

 

wk5 Im   1a    2a   

          Im 1b

 Im  2b

 

  Wk5_INV Answers

 

 

Wk5 Suppl M

Wk5 SupplTu

 

 

Wk5 Suppl_W

Wk5 Suppl_Th

 

Powerpoints

 

 

Wk6-CWS-A

Wk6-CWS-B

Wk6-CWS-Answers

Wk6-INV-Answers

 

 

Wk6-Im1a    wk6-Im2a      wk6-Im3a

Wk6-Im1b       wk6-Im2b

Wk6-Im3b

 

 

Wk 12-Hurr Katrina

In class exercise

Hurr Katrina Lab

Hurr K SSTs

Hurr K. Track   MAP

Saffir-Simpson Scale 

 

 

 

 

Wk7-CWS_A

Wk7-CWS_B

Wk7CWS-Ans     wk7INV-Ans

 

 

Wk7-Im-1a         wk7-Im-2a       wk7Im3a

Wk7-Im-1b    wk7-Im-2b  wk7-Im3b

 

 

 

 

Wk8-CWS_A

Wk8-CWS_B

Wk8CWS-Ans   Wk8INV-Ans

 

Wk8CWS_ans

Wk8-Im-1a     wk8-Im-2a

Wk8-Im-1b   Wk8-Im-2b

Wk8-Im-3b

Wk8-Im-1a     wk8Im-2a     

 

Wk8Im-1b      2b

Wind Animation

El Nino animation

 

 

 

Wk8CWS-ans

Wk9-CWS_A

Wk9-CWS_B

Wk9CWS-Ans    Wk9INV-Ans

 

 

Wk9-Im-1a     wk9-Im-2a    wk9-3a

Wk9-Im-1b    wk9-Im-2b

Wk9-3b

 

Wk9CWS-ans

   Wk9IM-1a

Wk9Im-2a

Wk9Im1b

Wk9Im2b

 

 

Wk10-CWS_A

Wk10-CWS_B

Wk10CWS-Ans  Wk10INV-Ans

 

 

Wk10-Im-1a   wk10-Im-2a   wk10-3a

Wk10-Im-1b   wk10_im-2b

Wk10-3b

 

Wk10CWS-ans

       Wk10Im1a    See above for files

    Wk10Im2a

   Wk10Im1b

Wk10Im-2b

 

 

Wk11-CWS_A

Wk11-CWS_B

Wk11CWS-Ans  Wk11INV-ans

 

 

Wk11-IM-1a   wk11-Im-2a   wk11-3a

Wk11-Im-1b   wk11-Im2b

Wk11-Im-3b

 

 

See above for files

 

 

Wk12-CWS_A

Wk12-CWS_B

Wk12CWS-ans   wk12INV-ans

 

 

Wk12-Im-1a   wk12-Im-2a  wk12-3a

Wk12-Im-1b   wk12-Im-2b

Wk12-Im-3b

 

 

Wk12-Suppl-M See above for files

Wk12-suppl-Tu

Wk12-suppl-W

Wk12-suppl-Th

 

 

Wk8-Im1b

Weather Resources:

Datastreme Online Weather Course

National Weather Service, LA

Lightning map

Surface Weather Map             500mb Map                 250mb Map

24-hr Max Temps          24-hr Min Temps         24-hr Precipitation

Other useful weather links:

WV Loop

American Meteorological Society-LA Chapter

California Regional Weather Server-SFSU

Our Changing Planet

Wind animations

Storm Chasers (Dallas Raines):

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=weather&id=7478133

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trw4QmbsIIQ&feature=youtu.be

2010 tornado highlights from the field:

http://stormbruiser.com/chase/2010/05/31/may-31-2010-campo-co-tornado/