Course Schedule
Document Actions
| Week | Topics | Chapters |
| 1. | Introductions-Overview Weather vs. Climate Atmospheric Composition |
1 |
| 2. | Solar Radiation Sun-Earth Relationships Greenhouse Effect |
2 & 14 |
| 3. | Temperature/Humidity Hydrologic Cycle Temperature Inverisons Acid Rain |
3-5 |
| 4. | Condensation and Precipitation Howard's Cloud Classification |
6 |
| 5. | Air Pressure - Air Masses & Fronts Planetary Winds Rogue Storms |
7-10 |
| 6. | Thunderstorms - Tornadoes Hurricanes Synoptic Weather |
8 & 9 |
| 7. | Review and Midterm Exam | 1-14 |
| 8. | Climate Overview Urban Heat Islands |
15 |
| 9. | World Climates | |
| 10. | Tropical - Wet and Dry - A | 16 |
| 11. | Dry Climates - B | Appendix F (pp 407-410) |
| 12. | Coastal Climates - C | |
| 13. | Sub Artic and Polar Climates - D & E | |
| 14. | Review and Final Exam |
Each exam will test Weather and Climate. The course will be divided into a Mini-Course in Weather ( Mid-Term Exam) and a Mini-Course in Climate (Final). All make up exams are oral.
Text: Lutgens,F.K. and Edward Tarbuck, The Atmosphere-(Prentice Hall-N.J.) 2001, 8th Ed.
Copyright ©2010
John F. Looney Jr., Ed.D
Copyright 2014,
John Looney.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons License
Cite/attribute Resource.
Looney, J. F. (Aug 03, 2009). Course Schedule . Retrieved Nov 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/environmental-earth-and-ocean-sciences/eeos-225-geographic-weather-climate/course-schedule.
