Announcements

• Final exam with (some) answers. Web data for part B:
  • Absolute vorticity on the 500 hPa surface (cropped from the 4 panel black \& white chart). The request for two significant figures was intended to spur you to inspect the b/w chart rather than the colour panel, which provides only a vorticity range for each colour. However the latter answer was accepted.
  • Today's observations at Coronation
  • Churchill sounding
  • METARs for Toronto
  • Edmonton sounding data (which provides a better answer than the skew-T chart)

• Answers for the exercises of 14 March have been added to the web file.

• Final exam 09:00-11:00 Thurs 11 April. Open Book. Content: Multichoice (11 x 1%) + Live weather data (5%) + Short Answer (6%, choose two of four questions) + Interpretation of weather situation (8%). Content (and textbook) differ this year from previous years: some topics tested on previous exams would not be examinable this year.

• Assignment 5 (12.5%, due 5 April) and data file for Option B [comma-separated utah.csv: Excel 2003 utah.xml: Excel 2010 utah.xlsx].

• Schedule for weather briefings.

• Class photos One and Two. Brett, Ambrose, Chris, Jean-Michel (rear) - Darren (front), Jennifer, Tara, Danielle, Toby (missing: Allen)

Frequently used/updated

• Summary of lecture content and archive of weather data (etc.) used in lectures. Updated after class.

• Prescribed reading (updated 12 Mar.)

• Weather analysis/forecasting web links

• Using GrADS to combine and display GEM fields.

• Alberta weather patterns -- an archive

• Archive of old announcements

Appendix

• Course Outline
• Scope of the course
• List of topics to be covered
• Exams and assigments from earlier years (and this year)
• Guidelines for class weather briefings
• Suggestions in regard to writing
• Computer access in ESB 1-39: please see IT Lab Coordinator Valery Companiytsev (ESB 1-39B, 492-3328, valeryc@ualberta.ca). Computing Lab information
• Etiquette: please to do your best to be on time for class; put cell phones in silent mode; no eating or drinking in the lab; appropriate salutation (Dr. or Prof.) in email communications, identifying sender
• Tabulation of some commonly used constants, and:
  • Equilibrium vapour pressure table (here for sub-zero temperatures the equilibrium value is computed with respect to ice).
  • Formulae for equilibrium vapour pressure at sub-zero temperatures.
  • List of Canadian radiosonde stations

Last Modified: 12 Apr., 2013