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| Week #1 |
Extra credit
Extra credit |
Aug. 24. Introduction, review of course goals and student responsibilities. Reading Assignment: Chapter 1.
Homework Assignment #1 |
Aug. 26. Mountain meteorology overview. Reading Assignment: Chapter 2. |
| Week #2 |
Aug. 29. Factors that determine mountain climates. Reading Assignment: NERON planning document (pgs 1-25) |
Aug. 31. Navigating around the mountains of Utah and the world. Introduction to goals and requirements of class project.
Homework Assignment #2. Reading Assignment: Chapter 9 |
Sep 2. Class in 490 INSCC. Using MesoWest to access weather information. Reading Assignment: Appendix A-D. |
| Week #3 |
Sep 5. No class. Reading Assignment: Chapter 3. |
Sep. 7. No class.
Homework Assignment #3. |
Sep. 9. Scales of motion; composition.
Reading Assignment (handout): Chapter 8- Exposure. The Children's Blizzard.
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| Week #4 |
Sep. 12. Human physiology at high elevation.
Reading assignment: Chapter 4.1-4.3 and Section 5.1.
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Sep. 14. Stability
Homework Assignment #4 |
Sep. 16. Stability. Reading assignment: Review Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4.1-4.3, 5.1, 9, Appendix A-D. |
| Week #5 |
Sep. 19. Lift over terrain. Applications to soaring and hanggliding. |
Sep 21. Catch up and review. |
Sep. 23. Midterm #1. Reading Assignment: Section 4.4 |
| Week #6 |
Sep. 26. Surface energy budget. Reading assignment: Chapter 5 and 6. |
Sep 28. Preparation for class field laboratory assignment.
Homework Assignment #5 |
Sep. 30. Class field laboratory assignment. Reading assignment: Chapter 5.2 |
| Week #7 |
Oct. 3. Wind. Reading assignment: Chapter 6. |
Oct 5. Air masses and fronts.
Reading Assignment: Chapter 7. Field site identified and approved |
Oct. 7. No class. |
| Week #8 |
Oct. 10. Interactions of synoptic-scale weather and terrain |
Oct 12. Cylones
Homework Assignment #6. Reading assignment: Chapter 8. |
Oct 14. Cyclones |
| Week #9 |
Oct. 17. Clouds |
Oct 19. Clouds
Homework Assignment #7 |
Oct. 21. Cloud microphysics |
| Week #10 |
Oct. 24. Precipitation |
Oct 26. Orographic precipitation |
Oct. 28. Exam #2 |
| Week #11 |
Oct. 31. Orographic precipitation. Reading Assignment: Chapter 10-11. |
Nov 2. Diurnal wind circulations
Homework Assignment #8 |
Nov. 4. Thermally driven flows. |
| Week #12 |
Nov. 7. Terrain forced circulations COMET module on flow interaction with topography |
Nov 9. Gap flowsCOMET module on gap winds |
Nov. 11. Mountain waves and downslope winds COMET module on montain waves and downslope winds (Sections Overview; Downslope Winds; Concepts -factors and interactions; Summary) Homework Assignment #9 |
| Week #13 |
Nov. 14. Local winds in the Salt Lake Valley. |
Nov. 16. Weather and Climate Interactions with the Great Salt Lake. |
Nov. 18. Weather and Climate Interactions with the Great Salt Lake. Reading Assignment: Chapter 13. |
| Week #14 |
Nov. 21. Fire weather. COMET fire weather module. Reading Assignment: Blowup: What Went Wrong at Storm King Mountain |
Nov 23. 2003 wildland fires.
Homework Assignment #10 Reading Assignment: . |
Nov. 25. No class. |
| Week #15 |
Nov. 28. Snowpack. Reading: Snow classification |
Nov. 30. Avalanche weather |
Dec. 2. Winter weather summary |
| Week #16 |
Dec. 5. Survey presentations. |
Dec. 7. Class review |
Dec. 9. No class. |
| Week #17 |
Dec. 12. Final Exam. 10:30-12:30 |
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