Transcription of Introduction to Atmospheric Science
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Page 1 of 120 4 Jan 2011 Introduction to Atmospheric Science Summary of notes and materials related to University of Washington introductory course Atm S 301, taught Fall 2010 by Professor Robert A. Houze (RAH), and compiled by Michael C. McGoodwin (MCM). Content last updated 1/4/2011 Table of Contents Introduction .. 3 Useful Web Links and Abbreviations Encountered .. 4 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols .. 4 Global/Planetary or Synoptic Scale Earth Weather .. 6 Washington, North America, and Eastern Pacific Ocean Weather .. 6 Tropics .. 7 General Atmospheric Science , Weather, and Climate .. 7 Space Weather (Earth Solar Interactions) .. 7 Mathematical Symbols; Meteorological Coordinate Systems .. 7 Basic Facts about the Sun Compared to the Earth .. 9 Atmospheric sciences Introduction .. 11 Scope of Atmospheric sciences .
Sciences: An Introductory Survey (2nd Edition), J. M. Wallace and P. V. Hobbs, Academic Press, 2006. This is abbreviated below as . ASI, so that . ASI-7 is page 7 from this book. Professor Houze is a co-author of parts of this textbook’s Chapter 8, “Weather Systems”, and the authors are or were UW Atm S professors (Prof. Hobbs died in 2005).
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