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Office Hours: 12:15 to 1:15, TTh & by Appointment


Additional References

Elementary Climate Physics, by F.W. Taylor

Fundamentals of Atmospheric Physics, by M.L. Salby

An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation Dynamics, by K.N. Liou

An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics, by D. G. Andrews


Online Resources

Powerpoint from first class meeting

Curtis Lab Research: Optical and Chemical properties of atmospheric aerosols (powerpoint)

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, by Spencer Weart, director of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics.


Radiation
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, NASA

, NASA


Dynamics
sites

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from at UCLA

NASA simulation of worldwide ocean currents


Exams and Homework Assignments

Assignment 1, Due Sept 18, Chapter 3 problems: 3.19, 3.20, 3.26, 3.32, 3.33 (part a only), 3.36

Assignment 2, Due Sept 27, Chapter 3 problems: 3.22, 3.37 (only the analytic part, not the charts), 3.41. 3.42, 3.58, 3.64

Exam 1 Oct. 2 covers Chapter 3.

Assignment 3, Due Oct. 16, Chapter 4 problems: 4.20, 4.21, 4.22, 4.24, 4.43, 4.46 (hint: use Eqs. 4.32, 3.17, and the scale height is H in Eq. 3.25), 4.51

Assignment 4, Due Nov. 20, Chapter 7 problems: 7.8, 7.18, 7.23, 7.24, and do (more to come, so check back...)

Exam 2 Nov. 29 covers Chapter 4 and parts of Chap 7

Final Exam: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 10:15 to 12:15 a.m.


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