- The final exam will take place 2 pm - 4 pm on Thursday 15 December, in ESB 3-27. The exam will consist of fifty (50) multichoice questions, of which six entail the interpretation of meteorological charts for weather situations encountered this term. As noted earlier, the questions target material from lectures covering in Chapter 9 and subsequent Chapters, with no intent to re-examine material covered in the midterm exams; however that said, it is assumed that basic concepts and skills have been retained.
Reflecting on the exam, which is almost exclusively drawn from (and covering) the lecture PDFs, perhaps the most helpful advice I can give is that you make sure to have understood particularly the diagrams (for many of the exam questions feature interpretation of a diagram).
Don't forget to being a calculator.(11 Dec.)
- Meteorological Service of Canada, Recruitment... see file below:
- Anticipated lecture schedule for the balance of term (as of 24 Nov.):
- Fri 25 Nov: Ch12-A (ctd) & Ch12-B (General Circulation)
- Mon 28 Nov: Ch13, Air Masses & Fronts
- Wed 30 Nov: Ch14-A, Storms
- Fri 2 Dec: Ch14-B, Storms
- Mon 5 Dec: Complete Ch14 and begin Ch15
- Wed 7 Dec: Ch15, Weather Forecasting
- Anticipated lecture schedule for the balance of term (as of 17 Nov.):
- Fri 18 Nov: Ch11-A, Winds
- Mon 21 Nov: Ch11-B
- Wed 23 Nov: Ch11-C
- Fri 25 Nov: Ch12-A, General Circulation
- Mon 28 Nov: Ch12-B
- Wed 30 Nov: Ch13, Air Masses & Fronts
- Fri 2 Dec: Ch14-A, Storms
- Mon 5 Dec: Ch14-B
- Wed 7 Dec: Ch15, Weather Forecasting
- The final exam will take place 2 pm - 4 pm on Thursday 15 December, in ESB 3-27, and will focus on material that was not examined in the first and second midterm exams, i.e. subject material subsequent to Chapter 8. (14 Nov.)
- Scores for the second midterm exam (Wednesday 2 November) have been posted to eClass. Scores ranged from 10 to 25, with the average and median scores being 17.2 and 17. The standard deviation was 3.6. Answers to the exam can be found below. (3 Nov.)
- The second midterm exam (Wednesday 2 November) will cover material from Chapters 5,6,7,8.
There will be 25 multichoice questions, for a total of 25% (no free-format questions).
Files specifying numbers-to-be-remembered and expected map learning have been updated.(25 Oct.)
- Class of Friday 21 October will take place as normal, despite closure of CCIS building. (21 Oct.)
- The second midterm exam (Wednesday 2 November) will cover material from Chapters 5,6,7,8. (17 Oct.)
- Scores for the first midterm exam have been posted to eClass. Mean scores on (Multichoice, B1, B2) were (16.63/24, 1.7, 1.2) and the maximum, median, mean and minimum scores were respectively (22.75, 15.5, 15.4, 9) from 25, that is: (91%, 62%, 62%, 36%).
Answers to the midterm exam (Monday 3 October) are in the file below. (4 Oct.)
- About the upcoming midterm exam (Monday 3 October):
The exam will be in the same "style" as the first midterm of 2015, that is, it will be composed of multichoice questions plus a few calculation-based short-answer questions. It will cover to the end of lecture Ch4-B (delivered 26 Sept), i.e. to the end of Chapter 4 (less listed exclusions).
There will be 24 multichoice questions, of which 4 involve interpretation of weather charts, and two calculation-type questions. The multichoice section is worth 18% (i.e. each multichoice question counts for 3/4 percent), while each calculation question is worth 3.5%.
Please note that in 2014 there was only a single midterm exam, held on 15 October. Therefore some material tested on that midterm will be (as yet) unfamiliar, and will not be tested in our upcoming midterm on 3 Oct. 2015. Furthermore some questions from the first midterm of 2015 could not be probed (on 3 October 2016), viz. questions based on Chapter 5 (Radiation), and also Q9. (28 Sept.)
- About the upcoming midterm exam (Monday 3 October):
The exam will be in the same "style" as the first midterm of 2015, that is, it will be composed of multichoice questions plus a few calculation-based short-answer questions. It will cover to the end of lecture Ch4-B (delivered 26 Sept), i.e. to the end of Chapter 4 (less listed exclusions).
Please note that in 2014 there was only a single midterm exam, held on 15 October. Therefore some material tested on that midterm will be (as yet) unfamiliar, and will not be tested in our upcoming midterm on 3 Oct. 2015. Furthermore some questions from the first midterm of 2015 could not be probed (on 3 October 2016), viz. questions based on Chapter 5 (Radiation), and also Q9. (26 Sept.)
- Please note from past exams that needed formulas are given as data on each test. This means that you do not have to memorize the equations. (15 Sept.)
- Welcome to EAS 270, September 2016
Pre-requisite for this course: "Any 100-level Mathematics or Physics course, or SCI 100."
The textbook, "Weather & Climate" by S.L. Ross, is available in the bookstore. Two copies have been placed on reserve in the Science & Technology (Cameron) Library