GEOG 170

Spring 2013

Geog. 170: Meteorology

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 While the Datastreme Atmosphere homepage is in real-time, your assignments below have been archived and will be 3 week behind (since our quarter starts 3 week after their semester course).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 5^th ed. (2013)

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

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

Final will be Tues. June 11^th 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.

1^st 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

2^nd 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

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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

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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
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Suppl. Info-M	Info-Tu	Course Survey	Info-W Info-Th Info-F
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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
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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

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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