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Tentative Calendar - Fall 2008

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Sep 01		No class - Labor Day
Sep 02	Lec	Course Introduction; Weather and Climate
Sep 03	Lab	No lab; LECTURE: Earth-Sun Relations (~1 hour)
Sep 04	Lec	Earth-Sun Relations; Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance
Sep 05	Lec	Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance

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Sep 08	Lab	Exercise 1. Earth-Sun Geometry and Insolation
Sep 09	Lec	Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance
Sep 10	Lab	Exercise 2. Radiation and Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface
Sep 11	Lec	Atmospheric Composition and Structure
Sep 12	Lec	Global Temperature Patterns; Atmospheric Pressure and Wind

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Sep 15	Lab	Exercise 3. Atmospheric Temperature
Sep 16	Lec	Atmospheric Pressure and Wind
SEP 17	Lab	LAB QUIZ 1; Video: Dimming the Sun
Sep 18	Lec	Atmospheric Pressure and Wind; Global Circulation Patterns
Sep 19	Lec	Global Circulation Patterns

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Sep 22	Lab	Exercise 4. Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind
Sep 23	Lec	Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle
Sep 24	Lab	Exercise 5. Water in the Atmosphere
Sep 25	Lec	Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle; Precipitation Processes and Patterns
Sep 26	Lec	Precipitation Processes and Patterns

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SEP 29	Lab	LAB QUIZ 2; Video: Hunt for the Supertwister
Sep 30	Lec	Precipitation Processes and Patterns
Oct 01	Lab	Exercise 6: Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes and Cloud Development
Oct 02	Lec	Global Climate Patterns
Oct 03	Lec	Global Climate Patterns

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Oct 06	Lab	Exercise 7. Mid-Latitude Weather and Weather Map Interpretation
Oct 07	Lec	Global Climate Patterns Lecture cancelled due to illness
Oct 08	Lab	EXAM 1 *** EXAM 1 (includes all material through Oct 7) Postponed due to illness; Ex. 8
Oct 09	Lec	The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets Global Climate Patterns
Oct 10	Lec	The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets Global Climate Patterns

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Oct 13	Lab	Exercise 8. Climate Classification and Regional Climates EXAM 1
Oct 14	Lec	Soil Characteristics The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets
Oct 15	Lab	Exercise 9. Soil Moisture Budgets
Oct 16	Lec	Soil Characteristics
Oct 17	Lec	Soil Formation

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Oct 20	Lab	Exercise 10. Analysis of Soil Moisture Properties
Oct 21	Lec	Global Soil Patterns
OCT 22	Lab	LAB QUIZ 3; Video: Flood!
Oct 23	Lec	Global Soil Patterns
Oct 24	Lec	Ecosystems

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Oct 27	Lab	Exercise 11. Climate, Net Primary Production and Decomposition
Oct 28	Lec	Ecosystems
Oct 29	Lab	Exercise 13. Bioclimatic Transects
Oct 30	Lec	Biogeographic Distribution Controls
Oct 31	Lec	Biogeographic Distribution Controls

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Nov 03	Lab	Exercise 14: Coincident Climates, Vegetation & Soils
Nov 04	Lec	Global Biome Patterns
Nov 05	Lab	No Lab; LECTURE: Global Biome Patterns (~1 hour)
Nov 06	Lec	Global Biome Patterns
Nov 07	Lec	Earth Structure & Composition

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NOV 10	Lab	EXAM 2 ** EXAM 2 Includes all material covered from Oct 2 - Nov 5
Nov 11	Lec	Earth Structure & Composition
Nov 12	Lab	Exercise 16. Introduction to Topographic Maps
Nov 13	Lec	Plate Tectonics
Nov 14	Lec	Plate Tectonics

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Nov 17	Lab	No Lab; LECTURE :Folded and Faulted Landforms (~1 hour)
Nov 18	Lec	Igneous Landforms
Nov 19	Lab	Exercise 17. Igneous Landforms
Nov 29	Lec	Mass Wasting; Drainage Basins
Nov 21	Lec	Drainage Basins

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NOV 24	Lab	LAB QUIZ 4; Video: In the Path of a Killer Volcano
Nov 25	Lec	Fluvial Landforms
Nov 26	Lab	Exercise 18. Drainage Basin Analysis
Nov 27	Lec	No class - Thanksgiving
Nov 28	Lec	No class - Thanksgiving

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Dec 01	Lec	No Lab; LECTURE: Fluvial Landforms (~1 hour)
Dec 02	Lec	Glacial Landforms
Dec 03	Lab	Exercise 19. Fluvial Landforms
Dec 04	Lec	Glacial Landforms
Dec 05	Lec	The Ice Age

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DEC 08	Lab	LAB QUIZ 5; Video: Cracking the Ice Age
Dec 09	Lec	The Ice Age
Dec 10	Lab	Exercise 20. Glacial Landforms
Dec 11	Lec	Coastal Landforms
Dec 12	Lec	Coastal Landforms

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DEC 17

Wed

EXAM 3 *** EXAM 3 Includes all material covered from Nov 6 - Dec 12        12:30-2:30     Science A201

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