ATMS 113 - Prof. Douglas K. Miller

Understanding the Atmosphere - Lecture Section

 

Syllabus

NOAA National Hurricane Center

NOAA Weather Prediction Center

NOAA Storm Prediction Center

National Weather Service

NCEP Models Page

Map Discussion Template

Weather and Forecasting Project Description, grading rubric

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ATMS 113 weather blog page

Challenge Groups

Lecture Packet#1

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    Free Printable Graph Paper

    Davenport sounding data

Lecture Packet#2

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    lava lamp - heat transfer demonstration

    aurora pictures

Lecture Packet#3

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

Lecture Packet#4

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    relative humidity applet

    new cloud type designation?

Lecture Packet#5   

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    largest hailstone (23 July 2010)

    building cumulus clouds in Madison, WI (19 Aug 2012)

    dual-polarization information page (NWS, Sep. 2012)

Lecture Packet#6

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    up-to-date wind flow field

Lecture Packet#7

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

Lecture Packet#8

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    28 October 2013 wind storm in northern Europe

   10, 11 November 2014 cold front & arctic air outbreak over the Great Plains (IR satellite view via GOES) 

Lecture Packet#9 (Chap. 10)

    Part A

    Part B

    Part C

    Tuscaloosa, AL tornado video (27 April 2011)

    27 April 2011 tornado outbreak (Univ. of Wisconsin)

    17 November 2013 tornado outbreak (radar loop)

   Real-time lightning maps 

Lecture Packet#10 (Chap. 11)

    Part A

    Part B

        A most unusual tropical cyclone (Nadine; Sep-Oct 2012)

        NHC storm surge information

        Typhoon Haiyan storm surge video (0:45 second mark)

        Eyewall replacement cycle

            image animation (Irene; 24 Aug 2011)

        Katrina summary (NOAA)

Hurricane Camille (1969) radar loop (see Kieper et al. 2016, BAMS)

Quiz#1

    Lecture quiz#1 questions

    In-class project#1 questions

Quiz#2

    Lecture quiz#2 questions

    In-class project#2a questions

    In-class project#2b questions

Quiz#3

    Lecture quiz#3 questions

    In-class project#3a questions

    In-class project#3b questions

Exam#1

Quiz#4

    Lecture quiz#4 questions

    In-class project#4a questions

    In-class project#4b questions

Quiz#5

    Lecture quiz#5 questions

    In-class project#5a questions

    In-class project#5b questions

    In-class project#5c questions

Quiz#6

    Lecture quiz#6 questions

    In-class project#6a questions

    In-class project#6b questions

    In-class project#6c questions

Exam#2

Quiz#7

    Lecture quiz#7 questions

    In-class project#7a questions

    In-class project#7b questions

Quiz#8

    Lecture quiz#8 questions

    In-class project#8a questions

    In-class project#8b questions

raw Omaha sounding data (front)

    In-class project#8c questions

Exam#3

Quiz#9 (Chap. 10)

    Lecture quiz#9 questions

    In-class project#9a questions

    In-class project#9b questions

Quiz#10 (Chap. 11)

    Lecture quiz#10 questions

    In-class project#10a questions

    In-class project#10b questions

Earn Final Exam Extra Credit Points!!!

    Water Cycle Boogie (words, Banana Slug String Band)

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Questions? contact dmiller at unca.edu