Phys1063-
Physics of Weather, Fall 2007
Homework problems and solutions will be posted
here.
The homework will vary
from week to week, and may consist of online assignments, problems from the review
section at the end of the book chapter, observation tasks or other. The current
homework will be published on the course webpage, as well as the solutions, if
appropriate. A week’s written homework is worth 10 points, except if indicated
otherwise.
What
to do if you can see only the first page of the multiple-page tiff file
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When due? |
What
is due? |
Scoring? |
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Friday, December
14, 2007 |
Page
207 Questions
2, 4, 5, 9 |
10 pts for
homework |
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Friday, December
7, 2007 |
2. Winterstorm observations: Record
in 4 hour intervals: precip, temp, wind direction and speed, cloud cover and
type, location of L Starting
Saturday early morning until mid-Sunday You
may use the weather
station or another weather site of your choice to retrieve data. Weather data November 30 -
December 3 |
10 points for
homework |
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Monday, December
3, 2007 |
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40 points (like
lab) |
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Friday, November
30, 2007 |
Text
book, page 186 Review
questions 1,2,3,4,5 |
10 for homework |
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Friday, November
16, 2007 |
Text
book page 157 Chpt5
review questions 4, 7, 8, 10,13 |
10 for homework |
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Friday, November
9 2007 |
Text
book page 125 Chpt4
Review questions 8,9, 10, 15 |
10 for homework |
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Monday, November
5, 2007 |
fog,
cloud observations answers |
10 for homework |
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Friday, October
26 2007 |
Review
questions in text book, page 124/125: Question
1,2,3, 5, 6 answers Exp 4 - psychrometer possible answers |
10 for homework 40 for lab |
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Friday, October
19, 2007 |
Homework problems on
sounding and observation, temperature and water vapor content Saturation curve (C Thompson
Learning) |
10 for homework |
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Friday, October
12, 2007 |
Homework problems on averaging
temperatures and temperature variations due to geographical location Excel spreadsheet for
temperature averaging exercise Possible answers,
spreadsheet
answers |
10 for homework |
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Friday, October
5, 2007 |
Lab
report Exp 3 possible answers Homework problems
related to global solar input. Print and answer, additional sheets as needed. |
40 for lab 10 points for
written answers |
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Friday, September
28 |
Text
book, review questions: 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.16, 2.14 Submit
written answers |
10 possible for written
answers to review questions |
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Friday, September
21 |
Review
keyword lists. They often contain practice questions which can be used as
test prep. |
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Wednesday,
September 19 |
Please
do ask if something is not clear. |
40 possible for
lab |
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Friday, September
14 |
1. Practice: book review questions 1.16, 1.17 2. Submit written answers to book review
questions 1.13, 1.14, 2.3 3. Observation
and calculation problems Some
help: weather data
at 6 pm and 9 am (will be completed as time passes) |
10 possible for
written answers to review questions and observations |
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Monday, September
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Lab report for Wednesday’s
experiment |
40 possible for
lab sheet, |
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Friday, September
7 |
Review Questions 2, 4, 9, 12
pg 25 Submit
written answers. |
10 possible for
written answers to review questions |
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Friday, August 31 |
1.
Set-up online access to MeteorologyNow 2.
Read pages 1-13 (weather, climate, composition) 3. Understand the words on the vocabulary list 4. Read page 13 –
pressure as preparation |
no |
Last
modified: 12/10/2007
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