GEO 302C      Climate: Past, Present and Future

 

Labs for Fall 2003

Last updated on 01/05/10 03:25 PM by Zong-Liang Yang

Unique #  (# Registered) TA Day Time
52965 (15) Shanna Evans W   8:00- 9:30am
52970 (15) Shanna Evans Th   8:00-9:30am
52975 (15) Shanna Evans T   9:30-11:00am
52980 (15) Shanna Evans Th 9:30-11:00am
52985 (15) Sarah Doyle M 11:00am-12:30pm
52990 (15) Sarah Doyle W 11:00am-12:30pm
52995(15) Sarah Doyle F 11:00am-12:30pm
53000 (15) Sarah Doyle M 12:30pm-  2:00pm
       
Lab Topics (Notes for upcoming labs will be posted on this website the day before the next lab.  Print these out and bring them to lab as an aid to your note taking and problem solving. It is to your advantage that you save these worksheets as a review guide to your exams.) (Click here for Schedule for Labs and Exams)

 

Lab TA’s: Sarah Doyle and Shanna Evans

Office: 2.322

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:00 or by e-mail

E-mail: sarahdoyle@mail.utexas.edu or Shannabeth@mail.utexas.edu

Grading:  Homework- 80%

          Attendance, In-class Activities, Participation- 20%

If you miss a lab:  Contact your TA to attend another section during the week that you will be absent. 

Expectations:  Bring all lab handouts printed from this website, homework from the previous lab to be turned in, a calculator, and book to the lab section unless otherwise specified. 

Lab Topics and Assignments:

Lab 1: (Week of Sept 1). The Earth's atmosphere, and energy balance (download files by clicking Chapter 1 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, and Chapter 2, 1,2,3,4,5 )

Answer keys for the first lab (Ch. 1 and Ch. 2)

Lab 2: Albedo, Chapter 3 1,2,3,4,5 and Chapter 5 1,2,3,4

Lab 3: Review of all materials, particularly Ch. 6, 7 and 8. (Since Exam 1 is on Friday 19 Sept, the lab on that day may be combined with earlier labs in that week)

Lab 4: El Nino

Lab 5: Sea-level isobars and instructions: pressure and winds

Lab 6: Review for Test 2 (Chapter 9 a,b,c; Chapter 10, a,b; Chapter 11, a,b)

Lab 7: Air Mass and Fronts

Lab 8: Mid-latitude Cyclones and Hurricanes

Lab 9: The Koppen Climatic Classification and Terrestrial Biomes

Lab 10: Review for Test 3 (Chapter 12 a,b; Chapter 13 a,b; Chapter 15, a,b; Chapter 16; Chapter 18 a,b)

Lab 11: Climate Change Through Time

Lab 12: The Ozone Hole and the Smog

Lab 13: Review for Test 4 and Final Exam

Web Address for Class-  http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/302C

You may want to bookmark this because you will need to access it throughout the semester.