Lab Schedule, Spring 2006, PGEOG130, Weather and Climate

All labs are held in Room 1028 Hunter North unless otherwise indicated

Lab exercises will be reviewed during lab session, and will then be completed at home and handed in the following week
 

Wk #

MON

TUES

WED

THU

FRI

 

LAB (numbers listed in lab manual)

1

Jan 30

Jan 31

Feb 1

Jan 26

Jan 27

1. Map Exercises (2 weeks)

 

Exercise 1: lat/lon,
problems part 1 #1,2; part 2 #1

Appendix: Question 5, general geography,
WORLD MAP: identify continents and oceans only (mountain ranges, deserts, and ocean currents are not required)

2

Feb 6

Feb 7

Feb 8

Feb 2

Feb 3

2. Time, 
problems part 1 #1-4, part 2 #1a

3. Isolines,
do all of parts 1 and 2 

3

Feb 21

(Tu, Mo Schedule)

Feb 14

Feb 15

Feb 9

Feb 10

4. Vertical Structure of Atmosphere
(1 week)
entire exercise

4

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 22

Feb 16

Feb 17

5. Earth-Sun Geometry
(1 week)
link to sin curve information
up to question 13

5

March 6

March 7

March 1

Feb 23

Feb 24

7. Surface Energy Budget
(1 week)
up to question 13
DEMO - albedo / emissivity

6

March 13

March 14

March 8

March 2

March 3

6. Atmospheric Moisture
(2 weeks)
questions 10-23
map quiz 1 (Australia / S. Pacific)

7

March 20

March 21

March 15

March 9

March 10

(Atmospheric Moisture continued)
map quiz 2 (The Americas)

8

March 27

March 28

March 22

March 16

March 17

8. Saturation / Stability
(2 weeks)
questions 1- 16, 18-21
DEMO - condensation / cloud formation

9

April 3

April 4

March 29

March 23

March 24

(Saturation / Stability continued)
DEMO - relative humidty / sling psychrometers

10

April 24

April 11

April 5

March 30

March 31

9. Weather Map Analysis
(1 week)
questions 1-3, 5-7
Map quiz 3 (Europe)

11

April 21

April 25

April 26

April 6

April 7

10. Mid-latitude Cyclones
(2 weeks)
up to question 17
map quiz 4 (Africa)

12

May 1

May 2

May 3

April 27

April 28

(mid latitude cyclones continued)
map quiz 5 (Asia)

13

May 8

May 9

May 10

May 4

May 5

climate / climate change web based exercises
(not in lab manual, available on class web site) 
(2 weeks)

14

May 15

May 16

May 17

May 11

May 12

(climate / climate change cont’d)