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Monday Aug 31 No class No class Tuesday Sep 01 No class No class Wednesday Sep 02 Lecture Course Introduction Chapter 1, pp. 1-15; Chapter 3, pp. 67-69; Chapter 4, pp. 99-102 Thursday Sep 03 Lecture Earth-Sun Relations (~1 hour) Chapter 1, pp. 15-23
Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance Chapter 4, pp. 73-95
Monday Sep 07 No Class No class Tuesday Sep 08 Lecture Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance Chapter 4, pp. 73-95 Wednesday Sep 09 Lab Ex. 1 Earth-Sun Geometry and Insolation Thursday Sep 10 Lecture Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance Chapter 4, pp. 73-95
Atmospheric Composition and Structure Chapter 3, pp. 55-67
Monday Sep 14 Lab Ex. 2 Radiation and Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface Tuesday Sep 15 Lecture Global Temperature Patterns Chapter 3, pp. 67-69; Chapter 4, pp. 99-102
Atmospheric Pressure and Wind Chapter 3, pp. 69-72; Chapter 5, pp. 107-114Wednesday Sep 16 Lab Ex. 3 Atmospheric Temperature Thursday Sep 17 Lecture Atmospheric Pressure and Wind Chapter 3, pp. 69-72; Chapter 5, pp. 107-114
Global Circulation Patterns Chapter 5, pp. 114-138
Monday Sep 21 Lab Quiz 1 Lab Quiz 1 (1 hr); Video: Dimming the Sun (web site) Tuesday Sep 22 Lecture Global Circulation Patterns Chapter 5, pp. 114-138
Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle Chapter 6, pp. 141-153Wednesday Sep 23 Lab Ex. 4 Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind Thursday Sep 24 Lecture Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle Chapter 6, pp. 141-153
Precipitation Processes and Patterns Chapter 6, pp. 153-176; Chapter 7 pp. 179-207
Monday Sep 28 Lab Ex. 5 Water in the Atmosphere Tuesday Sep 29 Lecture Precipitation Processes and Patterns Chapter 6, pp. 153-176; Chapter 7 pp. 179-207 Wednesday Sep 30 Lab Quiz 2 Lab Quiz 2 (1 hr); Video: Hunt for the Supertwister (web site) Thursday Oct 01 Lecture Global Climate Patterns Chapter 8, pp. 211-257
Monday Oct 05 Lab Ex. 6 Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes & Cloud Development Tuesday Oct 06 Lecture Global Climate Patterns Chapter 8, pp. 211-257 Wednesday Oct 07 Lab Ex. 7 Mid-Latitude Weather & Weather Map Interpretation Thursday Oct 08 Lecture The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets Chapter 9, pp. 251-255 and pp. 267-271
Monday Oct 12 Exam 1 EXAM 1 (2 hr) (Includes all material covered through Feb 24) Tuesday Oct 13 Lecture Global Climate Patterns Chapter 8, pp. 211-257 Wednesday Oct 14 Lab Ex. 8 Climate (optional) Thursday Oct 15 Lecture Global Climate Patterns Chapter 8, pp. 211-257
The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets Chapter 9, pp. 251-255 and pp. 267-271
Monday Oct 19 Lab Ex. 9 Soil Water Budgets Tuesday Oct 20 Lecture Soil Characteristics Chapter 12, pp. 362-368
Wednesday Oct 21 Lab Ex. 10 Analysis of Soil Moisture Properties Thursday Oct 22 Lecture Global Soil PatternsChapter 12, pp. 372-383Class cancelled due to illness
Monday Oct 26 Lab Quiz 3 Lab Quiz 3 (1 hr); Video: Flood! (web site)Tuesday Oct 27 Lecture Global Soil PatternsChapter 12, pp. 372-383Class cancelled due to illnessWednesday Oct 28
Lab Ex. 11 Climate, Net Primary Productivity & Decomposition Thursday Oct 29 Lecture Soil Formation Chapter 12, pp. 353-362 (work through on your own)
Global Soil Patterns Chapter 12, pp. 372-383
Monday Nov 02 Lecture No Lab; Lecture: Ecosystems Chapter 10, pp. 289-303 Tuesday Nov 03 Lecture Biogeographic Distribution Controls Chapter 10, pp. 303-309; Chapter 11, pp. 313-331 Wednesday Nov 04 Lab Ex. 14 Coincident Climates, Vegetation & Soils Thursday Nov 05 Lecture Global Biome Patterns Chapter 11, pp. 331-349
Monday Nov 09
Exam 2 Exam 2 (2 hr) Includes all material covered from Global Climate Patterns to Global Biome Patterns Tuesday Nov 10 Lecture
Class cancelled due to illnessWednesday Nov 11 Lab Ex. 16 Introduction to Topographic Maps Thursday Nov 12 Lecture Earth Composition & Structure Chapter 13, pp. 387-409
Monday Nov 16 Lecture Lecture: Plate Tectonics (~1 hr) Chapter 14, pp. 413-428 Tuesday Nov 17 Lecture Igneous Landforms Chapter 14, pp. 428-444 Wednesday Nov 18 Lab Ex. 17 Igneous Landforms Thursday Nov 19 Lecture Folded and Faulted Landforms; Chapter 14, pp. 444-455
Mass Wasting Chapter 15, pp. 469-478
Monday Nov 23 Lab Quiz 4 Lab Quiz 4 (1 hr) Tuesday Nov 24 Lecture Drainage Basins Chapter 16, pp. 481-486 Wednesday Nov 25 Lab Video: In the Path of a Killer Volcano Thursday Nov 26 No Class
Thanksgiving
Monday Nov 30 Lab Ex. 18 Drainage Basin Analysis Tuesday Dec 01 Lecture Fluvial Landforms Chapter 16, pp. 486-507 Wednesday Dec 02 Lab Ex. 19 Fluvial Landforms Thursday Dec 03 Lecture Glacial Landforms Chapter 19, pp. 555-583
Monday Dec 07 Lab Quiz 5 Lab Quiz 5 (1 hr); Video: Cracking the Ice Age (web site) Tuesday Dec 08 Lecture Glacial Landforms Chapter 19, pp. 555-583 Wednesday Dec 09 Lab Ex. 20 Glacial Landforms Thursday Dec 10 Lecture The Ice Age;Chapter 8, pp. 247-257; Chapter 19, pp. 584-586
Course Summary
Tuesday Dec 15 Exam 3 10:15-12:15 Exam 3 (2 hr) Includes all material covered from Nov 11 through Dec 10