Welcome to “Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences
ATOC-181”
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, McGill University
Winter 2011
Lectures
Tuesday, Thursday, 2:35 PM - 3:55 p.m., MDHAR G-10
Instructors
Prof. Parisa A. Ariya
Offices: Burnside Hall 809, Otto Maas 421
Tel:. 398-6931, 398-3615,
Email: parisa.ariya@mcgill.ca
Office hours: contact for an appointment
Teaching assistants
Konstantinos Menelaou
konstantinos.menelaou@mail.mcgill.ca
Office Hours : Monday, 2:00-3:00 PM
(You're welcome anytime based on email appointment to insure we are available to meet
with you.)
Joowan Kim
joowan.kim@mail.mcgill.ca
Office Hours : Wednesday, 2:00-3:00 PM
(You're welcome anytime based on email appointment to insure we are available to meet
with you.)
Course website:
URL: http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/atoc181
username: McGill_ATOC181
password: McGill_ATOC181_allow
Text
Meteorology Today (8th edition) by C. Donald Ahrens (available at McGill bookstore);
The other recent editions (7 and 9) are equally fine.
Prerequisites: None!
Calculus is banned from this course, and only common sense scientific knowledge is
needed. Come with an open mind and curiosity. We use it for some demonstrations but
you are not required to use any in the exams!
Evaluation
Assignments (& Quiz)
Midterm test
3-hour final examination
15%
35%
50%
There will be about 6 assignments in the term. We encourage to hand in assignments to
one of our Tas (to be assigned) prior to noon of the due dates. Otherwise, late
assignments will be assessed as a grade of zero. The graded assignments should be
picked up the following week from the same office (There will be a box outside her
office).
The midterm and final will consist of a combination of multiple choice and short answer
questions. The final will cover the material for the entire course. There will be a
supplemental examination, which will contribute to 50% of the final grade in the course.
The remainder of the grade will be calculated based on the marks obtained on the
assignments and midterm.
No extra work will be accepted to supplement the grade obtained in the assignments,
midterm, or final.
We will put the lecture notes and assignments on this website (right after each lecture).
McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore all students must understand the
meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under
the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see
http://www.mcgill.ca/integrity for more information).