ATMO 505 ... Weather Forecasting

Assignments - Fall 2009

General Assignments

Assignment Due Date
Assignment 1: METAR Decoding Exercise Monday, 9/14/2009
Vector Basics (Extra Credit) Friday, 10/02/2009
Assignment 2: Manual Analysis Exercise Friday, 11/20/2009
Assignment 3: Sounding Analysis Wednesday, 12/09/2009

Reading Assignments

Lesson Title Chapter Sections
Lesson 1: Weather Observations
  • 2-1 to 2-4
  • 2-7
  • 2-9
    • Lesson 2: Basic Satellite Intrepretation
  • 2-8
    • Lesson 3: Basic Radar Intrepretation
  • 2-5 & 2-6
    • Lesson 4: Dynamics, Kinematics & Vertical Motion
  • 3-1
  • 4-1 to 4-3
  • 4-5 to 4-8
  • 7-6
    • Lesson 5: Atmospheric Models
  • 8-3
  • 8-5 to 8-7
  • 10-2
    • Lesson 6: Weather Charts & Graphical Analysis
  • 3-1 to 3-3
  • 3-7
  • 9-3
    • Lesson 7: Sounding Analysis
  • all of chapter 5
    • Lesson 8: Precipitation Type
  • 6-1 & 6-2

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