Course Schedule for Geography 341 (Spring
2011)
Weather and Society
Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
104 Phillips Hall
Tentative Semester Schedule: Check this schedule as dates/meeting
places are subject to change.
Week
Date
TOPIC
Readings
Weather
Briefing
and Lab
Activity
1
1/25
Overview of course, discussion of
syllabus
None
In Lecture
(P104)
Final
Project
Phase 1
Assigned
1/27
Blogger.com Training
Chapter 1,2,3
In Lab
(P275) for
Blogger.com
Training
Final
Project
Phase 1
Due
2
2/1
The Atmosphere, weather
measurements, maps,
Chapter 1,2,3
In Lecture
(P104)
Chapter 1,2,3
In Lab
(P275)
and using station models
2/3
The Atmosphere, weather
measurements, maps,
and using station models
Begin
Exercise 1
3
2/8
The Atmosphere, weather
measurements, maps,
Chapter 1,2,3
and using station models
Continue
with
Exercise 1
In Lab
(P275)
John Duffy
2/10
Stability Indexes and Adiabatic Charts
Chapter 6
Weather Symbol Quiz
In Lecture
Room
(P104)
Julia
Engelhardt
Exercise 1
Due
4
2/15
Stability Indexes and Adiabatic Charts
Chapter 6
In Lecture
Room
(P104)
Whitney
Esson
2/17
Stability Indexes and Adiabatic Charts
Chapter 6
In Lab
(P275)
Begin
Exercise 2
Jamis
Frank
5
2/22
Clouds
Chapter 7
Daniel Gerbec
2/24
More on Clouds
Chapter 7
Exercise 2
Due
Adiabatic Chart Quiz
Heidi Heeg
6
3/1
High and Low Pressure Systems
Chapter 8
Begin
Exercise 3
Zach Howard
7
3/3
High and Low Pressure Systems
Chapter 8
Mark Ingham
3/8
Air Masses and Fronts
Chapter 9
Exercise 3
Due
Clouds Quiz
Nathan
Jackson
3/10
Air Masses and Fronts
Chapter 9
Alexiss
Jeffers
8
9
10
11
12
3/15
Weather Folklore
3/17
Mid Term Test
3/22
Spring Break – No Class
T.B.A.
3/24
Spring Break – No Class
T.B.A.
3/29
Mid-Latitude Cyclones
10,11
3/31
Mid-Latitude Cyclones
10,11
4/5
Mid-Latitude Cyclones
10,11
4/7
Lake Effect Snowstorms
13
4/12
Working with Weather Data
Chapter 9
Alexandra
Koll
No Briefing
None
Final
Project
Phase 2
Due
Sam
Krueger
Toni Laurich
Lauren
Logon
Nicholas
Miller
In Lab
(P275)
Begin
Exercise 5
Mary Mohr
4/14
Severe Storms
Chapters
18,19,20,21,22
Exercise 5
Due
Honey
Moua
13
14
15
16
4/19
Severe Storms
Chapters
18,19,20,21,22
Dean
Pickett
4/21
Severe Storms
Chapters
18,19,20,21,22
Matt
Sackman
4/26
Severe Storms
Chapters
18,19,20,21,22
Corey
Salzwedel
4/28
Hurricanes
Chapter 24
5/3
Hurricanes
Chapter 24
5/5
Cold/Heat Waves
14,27
5/10
Weather and War
D2L Readings
5/12
Weather and War
D2L Readings
Aaron
Schmidt
Shandi
Siegl
Amanda
Tyler
Brandon
Young
Jordan
Zweerink
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, May 17th 1:00pm-2:50pm