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Dates |
Lecture
Topics |
Text
Readings (Chapters - pages)
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Jan 4–6 |
Introduction to Course.
Solar Energy & the Seasons.
Energy Forms |
1-9; 19-22; 29-35 |
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Jan
9 – 13 |
Energy Budgets. Net Radiation. |
Ch 3
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Jan
16 – 20 |
Global Temperatures. Global Warming.
Assignment #1 handed out
Jan 20 |
Ch 4 + Appendix 4.1 |
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Jan
23 – 27 |
Atmospheric & Ocean Circulations
Assignment #1 - LAC Open Monday-Friday
Lab times extended by 1 hour.
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Ch 5 |
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Jan
30 – Feb 3 |
Atmospheric Moisture & Precipitation
Assignment #1 due Jan 30 |
Ch 6 |
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Feb 6 – 10 |
Air Masses, Fronts and Storms
Assignment #2 handed out
Feb 10 |
Ch 7
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Feb
13 – 17 |
Selected Global Climates
Assignment #2 - LAC Open Monday-Friday
Lab times extended by 1 hour |
181-192; 205-209; 223-233.
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Feb
17 |
MIDTERM EXAM (40%) - in lecture
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Feb
20 - 24 |
Mid-Term Break:
Work on Assignment 2
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Feb
27 – Mar 2 |
Biogeography: Individuals, Populations, Evolution, Biodiversity & Communities
Assignment #2 due Feb 27
Assignment #3 handed out
Mar 2
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Ch 21
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Mar 5
– 9 |
Biogeography: Ecosystems & Soils
Assignment #3 - LAC Open Monday-Friday
Lab times extended by 1 hour |
Ch20 - 491-505; 508-510;
Ch19 - 461-71;472-75; 476-82
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Mar
12 – 16 |
Biogeography: Soil Water Balance & Global Climate
Assignment #3 due Mar 12
Assignment #4 handed out Mar 16 |
Ch19 - 461-72;
Ch6 -132-34 |
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Mar
19 – 23 |
Introduction to Biomes: Forests
Assignment #4 - LAC Open Monday-Friday
Lab times extended by 1 hour |
Ch22 - 549-64;
Ch8 - 187-94 |
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Mar
26 –30
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Biomes: Savannas, Grasslands & Desert
Assignment #4 due Mar 26 |
Ch22 - 566-69;
Ch8 - 187-94
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Apr 2
– 4 |
Biomes: Tundra; Review
Exam Format and
Example Questions |
Ch22 - 569-72;
Ch8 - 187-94 |
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FINAL
EXAM (40%) - location, date and time TBA
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