GEOG 170

Fall 2008

Geog. 170: Meteorology

Geography 170

Instructor: Steve LaDochy sladoch@calstatela.edu
Office Hrs.: KH C4061 MW 10-10:40, 4-5; T 4-5 or by appointment

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

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 While the Datastreme Atmosphere homepage is in real-time, your assignments below have been archived and will be 3 weeks behind (since our quarter starts 3 week after their semester course). Then email (preferable) or fax (323-343-6494) your work to me.

Skip the Applications section in Week 6-9.

First midterm exam will be during your lab Monday or Wednesday, Oct. 13^th or 15th

1^st mid-term exam (Chapters 1-3)

Study Guide (click here) and enter Login ID: csul277 (that’s an el not number 1) and password: wxfall08. Then

go to Extras at the bottom of the page and click on Self Scoring Tests. Practice on Chapters 1-3.

Here is another guide for Exam1: Study Guide1.

It is more general, but covers the important topics.

2^nd mid-term exam – Monday or Wed., TBA. Nov. 3 or 5 (Chapters 4-7)

Study Guide (click here)

Final exam is Mon. Dec. 1st 1:30-4 Good Luck!

Study Guide (click here)

Sample Questions-Final

Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12

Course Description

This online 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 Mon or Wed lab at 1:10-4 pm KH D-4045.

This Week’s Assignments

Wk1-CWS A	Wk1-CWS B		Wk1A- Answers
Image 1a	Image 1b 2b		Wk1B- Answers
Wk2-CWS A	Wk2-CWS B		Wk2A Answers
Wk2Image 1a	Wk2Image 1b	Wk2Image2b	Wk2B Answers
Wk3-CWS A	Wk3 CWS B		Wk3A-Answers
Wk3-Im 1a	Wk3-2a 3a	Wk3-1b 2b	Wk3B-Answers
Wk4-CWS A	Wk4-CWS B		Wk4A-Answers
Wk4-Im 1a	Wk4-Im 1b		Wk4B-Answers
Suppl Info M	Suppl Info Tu	Suppl Info W	Suppl Info Th Suppl Info F
Wk5-CWS A	Wk5 CWS B		Wk5A-Answers
Wk5 Im 1a	Im 2a Im 3a	Wk5 Im 1b Im 2b	Wk5B-Answers
Suppl Info M	Suppl Info Tu	Suppl Info W	Suppl Info Th
Wk6-CWS A	Wk6-CWS B		Wk6A Answers
Wk6 Im 1a	Im 2a	Im 1b Im 2b 2c	Wk6B Answers
Suppl Info M	Suppl Info Tu		Suppl Info Th
Wk7 CWS A	Wk7 CWS B		CWS Answers A,B
Wk7 Im 1a	Im 2a	Im 1b 2b 3b	Invest. Answers A,B
Suppl Info Tu	Suppl Info W	Suppl Info Th
Wk8 CWS A	Wk8 CWS B		Wk8A Answers
Wk8 Im 1a		Im 1b 2b 3b	Wk8B Answers
	Suppl Info Tu	Suppl Info W	Suppl Info Th
Wk9 CWS A	Wk9 CWS B		Wk9 A Answers
Wk9 Im 1a	Im 2a Im 3a	Im 1b 2b 3b	Wk9B Answers
	Suppl Info Tu	Suppl Info W	Suppl Info Th
Wk10 CWS A	Wk10 CWS B		Wk10 A Answers
Wk10 Im 1a	Im 2a 3a	Im 1b 2b 3b	Wk10 B Answers
Suppl Info M	Suppl Info Tu	Suppl Info W	Suppl Info Th
Wk11 CWS A	Wk11 CWS B		Wk11 A Answers
Wk11 Im 1a	Im 2a Im3a	Im 1b Im2b	Wk11 B Answers
Suppl Info M	Suppl Info Tu	Suppl Info W	Suppl Info Th
Wk12 CWS A	Wk12 CWS B		Wk12 A Answers
Wk12 Im 1a	Wk12 Im 2a	Wk12 Im 1b	Wk12 B Answers
Wk12 Supl M	Wk12 Supl Tu	Wk12 Supl W	Wk12 Supl Th
Wk 12-Hurr Katrina	In class exercise	Hurr Katrina Lab Hurr K SSTs	Hurr K. Track MAP Saffir-Simpson Scale

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