Course: Introduction to Atmospheric sciencesATOC210 by GyuWon LEE

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Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences (ATOC210)
Instructors Prof. P. A. Ariya Dr. GyuWon
LeeOffices Burnside Hall(BH) 831,  J.S.
Marshall Radar Observatory Tels 398-1849 (BH),
398-7733(Radar)e-mail gyuwon.lee_at_mail.mcgill.ca 
Office hours drop by or contact for an
appointment
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Teaching assistants Amal Elakkraoui    
Office BH844     Office hours
Thursday, 4pm-5pm     amal.elakkraoui_at_mail.m
cgill.ca Li Wei Office BH807
Office hours Friday, 1pm-2pm
wei.li7_at_mail.mcgill.ca William Sacher    
Office BH844    Office hours Wednesday,
4pm-5pm     william.sacher_at_mail.mcgill.ca
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Grading Assignments              15
(Total 6 assignments 3 more) Midterm
test (18 Oct 2005)             35 3-hour
final examination          50 12 Dec. 2005
(tentative)
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• Movie Time
• An example of weather forecasting on 28 Sept 05
• (The weather network)
• How much can you understand contents
  conceptually?
• Can you make your own forecast with given
  information?

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General introduction
So far, you have learned - fundamental factors
that affect the weather - atmospheric moisture
and its evolution (water vapor, dew, fog,
clouds, and precipitation)
Objective - Conceptual understanding of weather
and climate systems and their evolution.
Expectation - Ability to understand
the general features of weather from
meteorological information (measurements, model
outputs, forecasts) - Ability to
realize the impacts of the weather and to utilize
the weather information for your daily life.
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• Course outline
• - Pressure and Winds
• - Air stability
• Small scale and local winds
• Global winds
• Air masses and Fronts
• Middle-latitude cyclones
• Weather forecasting
• Severe weather Thunderstorms, Tornado,
  Hurricanes
• Global climate and climate change

Course Introduction to Atmospheric
sciences(ATOC210) by GyuWon LEE