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Monday Jan 19 Lab No Class Tuesday Jan 20 Lecture Course Introduction Chapter 1, pp. 1-15; Chapter 3, pp. 67-69; Chapter 4, pp. 99-102 Wednesday Jan 21 Lecture No lab; Lecture: Earth-Sun Relations (~1 hour) Chapter 1, pp. 15-23 Thursday Jan 22 Lecture Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance Chapter 4, pp. 73-95
Monday Jan 26 Lab Ex. 1 Earth-Sun Geometry and Insolation Tuesday Jan 27 Lecture Earth's Radiation and Energy Balance Chapter 4, pp. 73-95 Wednesday Jan 28 Lab Ex. 2 Radiation and Energy Balance at the Earth's Surface Thursday Jan 29 Lecture Atmospheric Composition and Structure Chapter 3, pp. 55-67
Global Temperature Patterns Chapter 3, pp. 67-69; Chapter 4, pp. 99-102
Monday Feb 02 Lab Ex. 3 Atmospheric Temperature Tuesday Feb 03 Lecture Atmospheric Pressure and Wind Chapter 3, pp. 69-72; Chapter 5, pp. 107-114 Wednesday Feb 04 Lab Quiz 1 Lab Quiz 1 (1 hr); Video: Dimming the Sun (web site) Thursday Feb 05 Lecture Global Circulation Patterns Chapter 5, pp. 114-138
Monday Feb 09 Lab Ex. 4 Atmospheric Pressure, Circulation and Wind Tuesday Feb 10 Lecture Introduction to the Hydrologic Cycle Chapter 6, pp. 141-153 Wednesday Feb 11 Lab Ex. 5 Water in the Atmosphere Thursday Feb 12 Lecture Precipitation Processes and Patterns Chapter 6, pp. 153-176; Chapter 7 pp. 179-207
Monday Feb 16 Lab Quiz 2 Lab Quiz 2 (1 hr); Video: Hunt for the Supertwister (web site) Tuesday Feb 17 Lecture Precipitation Processes and Patterns Chapter 6, pp. 153-176; Chapter 7 pp. 179-207 Wednesday Feb 18 Lab Ex. 6 Lapse Rates, Adiabatic Processes & Cloud Development Thursday Feb 19 Lecture Global Climate Patterns Chapter 8, pp. 211-257
Monday Feb 23 Lab Ex. 7 Mid-Latitude Weather & Weather Map Interpretation Tuesday Feb 24 Lecture Global Climate Patterns Chapter 8, pp. 211-257 Wednesday Feb 25 Exam 1 EXAM 1 (2 hr) (Includes all material covered through Feb 24) Thursday Feb 26 Lecture The Hydrologic Cycle & Water Budgets Chapter 9, pp. 251-255 and pp. 267-271
Monday Mar 02 Lab Ex. 8 Climate Classification and Regional Climates Tuesday Mar 03 Lecture Soil Characteristics Chapter 12, pp. 362-368 Wednesday Mar 04 Lab Ex. 9 Soil Moisture Budgets Thursday Mar 05 Lecture Soil Characteristics Chapter 12, pp. 362-368
Soil Formation Chapter 12, pp. 353-362
Monday Mar 09 Lab Ex. 10 Analysis of Soil Properties Tuesday Mar 10 Lecture Global Soil Patterns Chapter 12, pp. 372-383 Wednesday Mar 11 Lab Quiz 3 Lab Quiz 3 (1 hr); Video: Flood! (web site) Thursday Mar 12 Lecture Global Soil Patterns Chapter 12, pp. 372-383
Ecosystems Chapter 10, pp. 289-303
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Monday Mar 23 Lab Ex. 11 Climate, Net Primary Productivity & Decomposition Tuesday Mar 24 Lecture Ecosystems Chapter 10, pp. 289-303 Wednesday Mar 25
Lab Ex. 13 Bioclimatic Transects Thursday Mar 26 Lecture Biogeographic Distribution Controls Chapter 10, pp. 303-309; Chapter 11, pp. 313-331
Monday Mar 30 Lab Ex. 14 Coincident Climates, Vegetation & Soils Tuesday Mar 31 Lecture Global Biome Patterns Chapter 11, pp. 331-349 Wednesday Apr 01 Lecture No Lab; Lecture: Global Biome Patterns (~1 hr) Chapter 11, pp. 331-349 Thursday Apr 02 Lecture Earth Composition & Structure Chapter 13, pp. 387-409
Monday Apr 06
Exam 2 Exam 2 (2 hr) Includes all material covered from Feb 19 through Apr 01 Tuesday Apr 07 Lecture Plate Tectonics Chapter 14, pp. 413-428 Earth Composition, Structure & Tectonics Wednesday Apr 08 Lecture No Lab; Lecture: Plate Tectonics (~1 hr) Chapter 14, pp. 413-428 Thursday Apr 09 Lecture Igneous Landforms Chapter 14, pp. 428-444
Monday Apr 13 Lab Ex. 16 Introduction to Topographic Maps Tuesday Apr 14 Lecture Igneous Landforms Chapter 14, pp. 428-444 Wednesday Apr 15 Lab Ex. 17 Igneous Landforms Thursday Apr 16 Lecture Folded and Faulted Landforms; Chapter 14, pp. 444-455
Mass Wasting Chapter 15, pp. 469-478
Monday Apr 20 Lab Quiz 4 Lab Quiz 4 (1 hr); Video: In the Path of a Killer Volcano Tuesday Apr 21 Lecture Drainage Basins Chapter 16, pp. 481-486 Wednesday Apr 22 Lab Ex. Minerals and Rocks (handout)Thursday Apr 23 Lecture
Fluvial Landforms Chapter 16, pp. 486-507
Monday Apr 27 Lab Ex. 18 Drainage Basin Analysis Tuesday Apr 28 Lecture Glacial Landforms Chapter 19, pp. 555-583 Wednesday Apr 29 Lab Ex. 19 Fluvial Landforms Thursday Apr 30 Lecture Glacial Landforms Chapter 19, pp. 555-583
Monday May 04 Lab Quiz 5 Lab Quiz 5 (1 hr); Video: Cracking the Ice Age (web site) Tuesday May 05 Lecture The Ice Age Chapter 8, pp. 247-257; Chapter 19, pp. 584-586 Wednesday May 06 Lab Ex. 20 Glacial Landforms Thursday May 07 Lecture The Ice Age;Chapter 8, pp. 247-257; Chapter 19, pp. 584-586
Course Summary
Thursday May 14 Exam 3 2:45-4:45 Exam 3 (2 hr) Includes all material covered from Apr02 through May 07