METEOROLOGY 302.1, SPRING 2004
CLASS NOTES FOR MARCH 5, 2004

CARMEN HEJAZI & LARRY SHARIFDEEN

WENT OVER GRADE DISTRIBUTION MIDTERM KEY:

-FIGURE 3A & 3B (RADAR, QUESTIONS 23-30), FIG. 5 (DEW POINT, 38-40), FIG.6 (SURFACE ISOBARS, 41-45), FIG.7 (SURFACE CHARTS, 46-50)

ASSIGNMENTS:

-DUE FRIDAY 3/19
-WRITING ASSIGNMENT
-3 PAGES
-TITLE: EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC
METHOD IN THE STUDY OF METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS
SOURCES: ZEBROWSKI AND WILLIAMS

1.) INTRODUCTION
2.) DEFINITION OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD
3.) EXAMPLES
4.) DISCUSSION
5.) REFERENCE
(4TH PAGE SHOULD BE REFERENCES)
-FORMAT IMPORTANT, USE CORRECT GRAMMAR

FOR WEEKEND:

-GO OVER MIDTERM
-READ THROUGH WRITING ASSIGNMENT

JOURNALS:

-CONTAINS NINE TO FIFTEEN ARTICLES USUALLY. ONE OF THE
METEOROLGY JOURNALS IS CALLED " WEAHTER AND
FORECASTING." JOURNALS ACT AS A WAY SCIENTISTS CAN
COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS.
-JOURNALS ARE ALSO A WAY FOR SCIENTISTS TO CHECK EACH OTHER WORK (“ENFORCE THE RULES”)

SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE:

-DAMAGE DONE BY CERTAIN WIND STRENGTHS, MEASURED ON A
SCALE OF 1 TO 5, 5 BEING THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE.

TORNADOE WATCH:

-STORM PREDICTION CENTER LABELS THEIR WATCH FROM
JANUARY TO NOVEMBER. OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS ISSUED WATCH.

PDS:

-STANDS FOR PARTICULARY DANGEROUS SITUATION
-RED: STATES HAVE A WARNING
-WHITE: NO WARNING