Welcome ATM OCN 100: WEATHER

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Welcome!ATM OCN 100WEATHER CLIMATELecture
002 Fall 2000

• LECTURE I A INTRODUCTION

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WHO WE ARE

• YOUR INSTRUCTOR
• Ed HopkinsOffice Rm. 1407 (262-1605)
• hopkins_at_meteor.wisc.edu
• YOUR TA
• Nicole HartzOffice Rm. ?? (262-1605)
• ??_at_meteor.wisc.edu

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A. COURSE INTRODUCTION

• 3 credit introductory course
• 4 Lectures/week
• ATTENDANCE
• Homework (5 or 7 exercises)
• Exams (3 wk., 8 wk. final)
• Course Objectives
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COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Interpret TV or newspaper weather maps.
• Explain selected fundamental terminology.
• Identify conceptual models.
• Make simple, short term weather forecasts.
• Explain reasons for atmospheric motions.
• Distinguish various severe weather phenomena
  appropriate advisories, watches warnings.

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COURSE OBJECTIVES (cont)

• Identify various weather instruments.
• Locate sources of climatological information.
• Appreciate problems facing atmospheric
  scientists.
• Explain why Planet Earth is unique.
• Distinguish characteristic sizes of atmospheric
  systems.

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B. WHAT IS METEOROLOGY?

• Derivation of Key Words
• Meteorology
• Meteor ology
• Weather (weder)
• Climate (klima)
• Present Scope of Meteorology Atmospheric
  Sciences

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COMPARISONS BETWEEN WEATHER CLIMATE

• Weather
• Current Weather Observational Data
• Weather Maps
• Forecasts

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MADISONS WEATHER
Madison Weather at 900 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2000
Updated twice an hour at 05 and
25 Sky/Weather CLOUDY
Temperature 54 F
Dew Point 52 F
Relative Humidity 93
Wind NE14 Barometer 30.12F
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TODAYS NATIONAL WEATHER
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TOMORROWS NATIONAL WEATHER
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COMPARISONS BETWEEN WEATHER CLIMATE

• Weather
• Current Weather Observational Data
• Weather Maps
• Forecasts
• Climate
• Long-term statistics
• Climate maps charts
• Forecasts

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C. THE HUMAN FACTOR WEATHER COSTS30 yr.
averages (1966-95)Source National Weather
Service, 1997
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D. GOALS OF METEOROLOGY

• Observation
• Codification
• Explanation
• Prediction
• Adaptation
• Modification

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E. CHARACTERISTICS of METEOROLOGY

• International
• Physical
• Interdisciplinary

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F. MODELS in METEOROLOGY

• What is a model?
• Types of Models
• Physical
• Graphical
• Numerical
• Conceptual
• Role of Models in Meteorology

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G. BRIEF HISTORY OF METEOROLOGY CLIMATOLOGY

• Ancient - Weather Lore
• Classic Greek Meteorology
• Aristotle (350 B.C.)
• Renaissance Meteorology
• Meteorology in the Scientific Industrial
  Revolutions
• Organized weather observations
• Our concept of storms
• New tools models