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Course Goals:

1. to gain deeper understanding of midlatitude weather systems
2. to learn about forecast models
3. to develop some forecasting skill

Personnel:

Instructor: Prof. R. Grotjahn

rm 231 Hoagland Hall,     Phone: 752-2246,     E-mail: grotjahn'at'ucdavis.edu

Reader or Teaching assistant:

Hanxiaoxin (Zora) Wang rm 230 Hoagland,     Phone: ,     E-mail: hxxwang 'at' ucdavis.edu

Meetings:

Course meeting times & location:

• lecture (ATM 111): 11:00a-12:20 pm T,Th; rm 124 Hoagland Hall
• lab (ATM 111L): 2:10-5:00 pm T,Th; rm 124 Hoagland Hall

office hours:

• TBA (for R.G.)
• TBA (for T.A.)
  
• No set times due to small enrollment. Please make an appointment -- you can do that via email or in person. You could try spontaneously dropping by my (R.G.'s) office, but I may not be able to spend much time with you due to other commitments. (.)
• IMPORTANT: Please avoid the hour before lecture! (I need that time to review my presentation.)

Printed Materials:

Text used: Mid-latitude Weather Systems by T.N. Carlson required

Photocopied materials (cover pages and tables of content only are linked below):

• Lecture and lab Supplement required
• A guide to preparing and presenting forecasts known as the Forecast Notebook required

Grading Policies

For ATM 111:

grading: Letter grade (on a curve) proportioned on this basis:

20%       quizzes (roughly 2 weeks interval)
40%       final exam
40%       lab exercises/ "homework"

For ATM 111L:

grading: P/NP grade proportioned on this basis (>65% is passing):

90%       lab projects
10%       oral map discussions

** NOTE: the exams and the lab excercises are all to be done on an individual basis. The instructors will work with you on your map discussions and you are encouraged to coordinate your map discussion with the other student speaking the same day as you.