Weather & Climate Summer 2008

PGEOG 130 LECTURES Tu, Th @ 11:40 - 2:56, HUNTER WEST 615
Professor Frank Buonaiuto
e-mail: fbuonaiu@hunter.cuny.edu

Office hours:     Room 1049 North        Tuesday 10:40 - 11:40 am & Thursday 3:00 - 4:00 pm.
 

Course Syllabus

General Information

 Lecture Schedule

Lab Schedule

Map Quiz Information

Blank Maps

 

Lecture Notes 

Chapter 01         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 02         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 03         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 04         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 05         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 06         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 07         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 08         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 09         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 13         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions

Chapter 14         Lecture PDF         Study Guide          Review Questions


  USEFUL STUDY GUIDE FROM PRENTICE HALL, THE TEXT BOOK PUBLISHER
  Prentice Hall study guide

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES FOR THE COURSE 
     Kyoto Protocol Article by Dan Jones

IPCC: Climate Change 2001 - Summary for Policymakers

Summary of Climate Change Projections

NYT article - Climate Change: The issue is energy

NSF article 1 - Volcanos and El Nino events

NSF article 2 - Human Activities and Climate

      

ADDITIONAL WEB SITES WITH CLIMATE DATA / INFORMATION 
climate web site  

HURRICANES 

 

COMERCIAL & GOVERNMENT WEB SITES FOR WEATHER INFORMATION, 
FORECASTS, SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGES
accuweather The Weather Channel Unisys Weather
NCDC: Historical GOES Browser, Satellite Images

University of Illinois hourly weather charts: UIUC WW2010

Ohio State weather charts: OHIO-STATE

The Weather Underground: weather underground
 

OFFICIAL "WORLD WEATHER" WEBSITES FROM THE 
  WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION 
    World Weather Information Service: Forecasts and Climate Information 
World Weather Information Service: Severe Weather
 
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(dates indicate when the announcement was posted)  

 You may find the website below extremely informative about the rules and regulations pertaining exams in many courses taught in Geography.  It is strongly recommended that you review the document there carefully.  This class follows the same or very similar rules for exams and you are responsible for knowing them. 

                                         http://www.geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~tbw/wc/rules.htm

Furthermore, be advised that plagiarism, dishonesty, or cheating in any portion of the work required for this course will be punished to the full extent allowed according to Hunter College regulations.

Hunter College regards acts of academic dishonesty (e.g., plagiarism, cheating on examinations, obtaining unfair advantage, and falsification of records and official documents) as serious offenses against the values of intellectual honesty. The College is committed to enforcing CUNY Policy on Academic Integrity and will pursue cases of academic dishonesty according to the Hunter College Academic Integrity Procedures.

See the following report by the Hunter College Senate for more details:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/senate/assets/Documents/Hunter%20College%20Policy%20on%20Academic%20Integrity.pdf

 Two copies of the text book have been placed on reserve in the library. Ask for GEOG130, and specify the name of the professor (Frei, Walter, Salmun or Buonaiuto).