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As mentioned in my email to you:
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Review these slides for Tuesday, 5/17/16. You will find them exceedingly helpful in responding to quiz and upcoming exam questions!
 
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Spring 2016

Geog 3 / Meteor 3: Intro to Weather & Climate

 An exploration of atmospheric processes & global climatic patterns.
Prerequisites: None   Transfer credit: CSU; UC. (3 Units)

Syllabus
weather_spr_16_8063_4_8am_tr.doc
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How & Where to Register for Quizzes
(Pearson site)

Their help page:
http://help.pearsoncmg.com/mastering/student/standalone/TopicsStudent/register_for_mastering.htm

Register for the site at Pearsonmylabandmastering.com.  You'll need an email address, course name, course ID, and access code (if pre-paid; packaged with text) or credit card.  See syllabus for course name and ID. Step-by-Step Instructions:
pearson_registration_instructions_weather_spring_2016.pdf
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Concept Review Materials:
Watch the atmosphere in action:

Most of us won't go to "space", but we can learn from the experiences of Joseph Kittinger & Felix Baumgartner:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/atmosphere_and_climate/atmosphere#p00hbcry

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Image source: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/82852835/ Kittinger & Baumgartner space jumps
Weather vs. Climate Summary:


Earth-Sun Relationship Animation:
http://esminfo.prenhall.com/science/geoanimations/animations/01_EarthSun_E2.html

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http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/6h.html
Do you know more than a Harvard graduate?  Likely, if you've studied the Earth-Sun relationship!

A Private Universe
(from the Annenberg Foundation):
http://learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=9

An overview of the video is available, as well: http://learner.org/resources/series28.html#


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Walker & ENSO
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Can't describe this one; you'll just have to see it!
Global Wind Map: http://earth.nullschool.net/

Important Web Resources:

From a past class (re: IMET): https://www.meted.ucar.edu/

"Cloud Lab": 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/cloud/


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"JetStream" (National Weather Service's online school for weather) http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/yos/resource/JetStream/append/lessonplans.htm
National Weather Service:

JetStream - Online School for Weather
(for those looking to go further!)

Use their site to learn how to classify cloud types (they provide a CloudSpotter Wheel template).
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http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/yos/resource/JetStream/synoptic/ll_clouds1.htm
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http://www.met.psu.edu/Plone/






PENN STATE 
Sample Content  &
"Cool Tools"!!!

National Weather Service Forecast Office, Oxnard CA

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/

Los Angeles/Oxnard Weather Forecast Office
520 North Elevar Street
Oxnard, CA 93030

Tel: (805) 988-6610 or (805) 988-6615 

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http://sawti.fs.fed.us/#
What is the current fire threat in your area? 
In the news...
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/03/why-las-fog-is-disappearing/386683/
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This physicist loves icicles!  What purpose(s) might it serve to understand icicles?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/the-mysterious-and-cool-science-of-ice/article23241318/

2014 MATERIALS
2014: TAKE-HOME "QUESTION"/EXERCISE FOR FINAL EXAM - DUE AT 8AM 6/05/14

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2014 Syllabus -->
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2012 REVIEW MATERIALS

Bring the practice questions for Exam 3 to class tomorrow morning (Tuesday, May 15th, 2012):
practice_questions_4_ex_3_spr_12_meteorology.pdf
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spr_12_ch_2_in_class_quiz.pdf
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Instructions for submitting your quiz responses for the following subjects (humidity, adiabatic rates, pressure, etc):
1. On a single Scantron (form 882), bubble-in your responses for the first fifteen questions of each of the following documents (questions 1-15 for humidity and 1-15 for adiabatic).
2. Question number 1 on the adiabatic review sheet becomes question number 16 on your Scantron, number 2 becomes number 17, etc.  If you are unclear, ask me before filling in your Scantron for Tuesday.  Thus, Tuesday morning you should come to class with a Scantron that has questions 1-30 filled-in.
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adiabatic_lapse_rates_review_questions.doc
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3. I will grade your responses to the first 30 questions, and bring your graded Scantrons back to class Thursday, so that you can use the same Scantron to bubble in your answers to the first twenty (20) questions on the air pressure and wind document below (question number 1 becomes question number 31 on your Scantron, etc.).
4. So, Thursday, when you come to class I will allow you five minutes to transfer your answers (those that you completed at home, before class) to your returned Scantron before we start the test. 
5. You will need a separate, blank Scantron for the test Thursday.
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Spring 2012 Students, how well do you know the map of the Lower 48??? 
Quiz yourself:find an online quiz of US states and practice!

Why so little snow, Dec. 2011? http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77076

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Why the "weird" weather Spring 2011???
http://news.discovery.com/earth/spring-weather-wildfire-tornadoes-110421.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Weather Radar in GoogleEarth!

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/kml/

This guy has a whole course online, for free!

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter1/index.html (there are 19 chapters...)

OLD Study Guide

Chs 1-4 Fall 2008
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