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External Links and Products
NWS Radar
NWS Western Region Satellite Links|
24 h Precipitation Forecast from HPC
5 Day Precipitation Forecast from HPC
NWS Watches and Warnings
NWS Forecast Offices
SPC Overlay Page
SPC Website
US Navy 1-Km Visible Image
FSL Interactive Sounding Generator
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Readings
Assignments and Returned Quizzes*
*No makeups without prior notification. If you miss a quiz, you receive zero on it.
Metr 200 (Dempsey) Handouts
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| Week of January 31
Introduction and Perspective
Time Zones
Rectangular and Natural Coordinate System
Coriolis Effect and Scales of Circulation
Global Sea Surface Temperatures
Global 200 mb Heights and Isotachs
700 mb Temperatures
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Reading 1: Primitive Equations
Reading 2: Derived Relationships
Homework 1: Due Monday 2/7/05
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| Week of February 7
Finding Temperature Advection Conceptually
Coriolis Effect and Scales of Circulation (continues)
Sensors: Satellite, Visible and Infrared and Radar,
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In-class Assignment/Lab 1: 500 mb Analysis and Use of WGSL
Map
Crosssection
Homework 3 Answer Key
Why John Monteverdi Is Interested In Tornadic Thunderstorms
In-class Assignment/Lab 2: Polar Front and Polar Jet Stream and Cross-section
Polar Jet Solution
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Quiz 3 Key (Avg 89, High 100, Low 47)
Homework 4 (Due Monday 7 March 2005)
Reading
In-class Assignment/Lab 3a
In-class Assignment/Lab 3b: Contouring
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Week of March 7
Buoyancy Review
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Reading
Homework 4 Answer Key
Quiz 4 Key (Avg. 80.4, High 98, Low 54)
In-class Assignment 4 and Homework 5: Surface Analysis
In-Class Assignment 5: April 2, 1999 Soundings: AMA and OUN for 12 UTC
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Homework 5: 18 UTC and 00 UTC
Homework 5 Key (Avg 82, High 99, Low 82)
Reading:
Danielsen (Review Chapter 5) and Chapter 11
Homeworks 6 and 7 (Combined) and In-Class Assignment 6
Elevations of Pressure Surfaces for Homeworks 6 and 7
CAPE Calculation Sounding and Spreadsheet
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| Stuff we are not getting to in Spring 2005
Finding Divergence Using Mid and Upper Tropospheric Charts
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In-class Assignment/Lab: Finding Vorticity advection areas |
