Metr 356 Reading Announcements and Assignments

Week of 5 December

Due to death in family, I will not be on campus Friday, 10 December. Class that day is cancelled.

Final is Wednesday, 15 December, 1045-1115 AM.

  • Exam is comprehensive, but will stress latter part of semester.
  • Bring Scantron Form 882 with Number 2 pencil.
  • Exam is 60 questions long.

Week of 28 November

Advising Day, 1 December, Wednesday: All classes (with daily meetings) are cancelled. Please see your advisor.

Midterm Key posted at beginning of class hour. Please check your returned Scantron for scoring errors and inconsistencies with the grading key. We will discuss systematic problems that appeared in the class for only problematic questions. I will take questions about individual grading at the end of class Friday 3 December.

Reading: Complete

Gilliam: Here is what what we read: All

Williams: Here is what what we read:
Chapters 1-8; Chapter 9, 148-161

Week of 21 November

  • Midterm 24 November
  • Bring Scantron Form #882 and Number 2 Pencil
  • Midterm is 50 questions, mutliple choice, covers material from last midterm. Major topics include:
    • Mediterranean Climate
    • Thermal and Dynamic pressure systems
    • Rainfall variability
    • More weather map interpretation
    • Diablo winds
    • Tule fog

Week of 14 November

Reader:

Completed: Sections I, II, III (Except 55-64); Section IV (Browsed--Portions Discussed); Section V (281-288; 292,294); Section VI; Section VIII

New: Section VII (Browse); Section IX 366-373; 512-516; Section X

Weeks of 31 October and 7 November 2004

Announcements:

In next several weeks, we will be interspersing discussions of California weather patterns (i.e., Diablo Winds, Summer thunderstorms, Middle Latitude Storm type) with discussions of rainfall variability as an indicator both of climate and of climatic change.

Writing Assignment 2: Distributed Friday, 5 November, due Friday 19 November

Writing Assignment 1: Returned (Average 87/100)

Reading Assignments:

Gilliam, Completed

Williams

What You Have Completed So Far
Chapters 1-4 and part of 5); Chapter 9, 148-161
New Reading:
Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8

Reader

pp. 386-389, 538-543

Weeks of 24 and 17 October 2004

Reader: 248-253; 267-269; 292-293; Section VI (296-307); Section VIII (319-381); 335-365.

Class WebSite: Read through Divergence page

Week of 3 October and 10 October 2004

Guest Instructor Week of 10 October
Elizabeth Frieberg, MS in Applied Geosciences Candidate

Week of September 26, 2004

Week of September 20, 2004

Week of September 13, 2004

Week of September 6, 2004

Week of August 30, 2004

Williams: Chp 1; Chp 2
Reader: Section I
Browse---Section II, 10, 15, 27, 28
Browse---Section III, 30-41
Read --- Section IV, 67-80
Browse---Section V, 280-285

Week of August 25, 2004

Williams: Chp 1; Chp 2
Reader (assignments start Monday)