University of Alberta

The Atmosphere, EAS 270

Sept.-Dec., 2011

Announcements

Scores on assignment 2

Final exam with answers

Updated information (8 Dec.) regarding questions on the exam, their source, and the format of your responses:

Two of the twelve short answer questions, and one of the fourty-four multichoice questions, relate to material covered by Chapters 1-7
Two of the twelve short answer questions, and eight of the fourty-four multichoice questions, relate to map analysis/weather interpretation
Format: you must respond in a limited space, roughly 1/5th of a page (i.e. four questions per page). You may respond using formal sentences, or using point form. Working space for planning your responses is provided at the back of the exam

The final exam takes place 2:00-4:00 pm, Wednesday December 14th in CCIS L2-200. It will consist of 44 multichoice questions each worth 0.5% for a total value of 22% and 12 short answer questions each worth 1.5% for a total value of 18%. Emphasis will be placed on material that was not eligible to be examined on the midterm exam, but some questions may cover important concepts or facts from earlier chapters.

Teaching Assistant: Tarana Mahzabin, CCIS 3-217, mahzabin@ualberta.ca, office hours Tues/Thurs 11:00-12:00

Frequently Updated Content

Links to Instructor's lecture files
Listing of excluded material (latest update 1 Dec.)
What you need to be able to recognize/deduce from weather maps/charts (latest update 20 Nov.)
Archive of Earlier announcements

Background Information

Dr. Wilson's Office Hours are Tues/Thurs 15:00-17:00
Table of equilibrium vapour pressure
Course Outline
Schedule of lectures, quizzes, exams (please note that tests are quite uniformly distributed across the term)
Past quizzes, exams, assignments (2009, 2010, 2011)
Minimal list of Weather URLs

Link to Earth & Atmospheric Sciences home page.