Geography 103

Weather

Objectives

  • To learn about our atmosphere and the physical processes that affect our weather
  • To understand what controls the temperature and climate of places around the world

  • Smog and Inversion Layers
     
    To understand how clouds and rain form, how the air circulates around the globe and how winds develop
  • To understand how to gather weather data, analyze it, and read and understand weather charts

Spring 2008 Syllabus

Global Warming (powerpoint slides)

Weather Exercises

CSUN Weather Data

Study Guide I: Atmospheric Structure, Composition and Energy

Study Guide II: Seasons, Temperature, Global Warming

Study Guide III: Air pressure and Winds

Study Guide IV: Vertical Air Motion

Study Guide V: Moisture and Clouds

Study Guide VI: Winds, El Nino, Fronts

 

           

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hurricane Frances, Sept 2004.
 
 


Clouds and lightning
 
         

 

 

Weather Station at Louisville High School, July 2003.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


© Helen Cox, 2004.

Last updated, Aug. 24, 2007.