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Syllabus

Final Examination: 8:00 AM Tuesday Dec. 11, Room 110

Textbook and Reference Material

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1: Seeing the Atmosphere. Chapter 1 lecture notes.
• Chapter 2: Point Observations. Chapter 2 lecture notes Chapter 3: Space, Time, and Motion. Chapter 3 lecture notes Chapter 4: Creating a Hand Analysis
• Chapter 5: Soundings. Chapter 5 lecture notes Chapter 6: Remote Sensing. Chapter 6 lecture notes Chapter 7: Bits of Vector Calculus. Chapter 7 lecture notes Chapter 8: Coordinate Systems. Chapter 8 lecture notes Chapter 9: Vertical Motion. Chapter 9 lecture notes Chapter 10: Geostrophic Wind. Chapter 10 lecture notesChapter 11: Imbalance. Chapter 11 lecture notesChapter 12: Atmospheric Structure. Chapter 12 lecture notesChapter 13: Fronts and Frontogenesis. Chapter 13 lecture notesChapter 14: Vorticity. Chapter 14 lecture notes Index

• Detailed METAR decoder page
• Land Synoptic Code
• Ship Observation Code
• Buoy Observation Code
• Upper-Air Observation Code
• Skew-T log-P Procedures
• Univ. of Wyoming soundings page

Weather Links

• TexAQS-II Forecasting Links
• MSFC GOES Satellite Images
• NCAR RAP Satellite Images
• NWS Radar Page
• Plymouth State Radar Page
• NCAR RAP Radar Page
• FSL Profilers
• Texas A&M MM5
• NCAR RAP Forecast Models
• NCEP Models
• Texas Mesonet
• NCAR RAP Surface Maps
• Unisys Weather Data
• Texas A&M Weather Interface
• ADDS METARS
• NOAA Buoys

Contact Information:
M. Alcorn
O&M Room 1208B
845-4329
alcorn@tamu.edu
Office Hours: Monday 1:00-3:00 PM, or drop in anytime.