Weather & Climate Spring 2006

PGEOG 130 DAY TIME LECTURES Tu, Fri @ 2:10 - 3:25, HUNTER WEST 615
Professor Haydee Salmun
e-mail: wcsalmun@geo.hunter.cuny.edu
 

Course Syllabus

Link to Syllabus: General Information

 Link to Syllabus: Lecture Schedule

Link to Syllabus: Lab Schedule

Link to Syllabus: Map Quizzes Information

Lecture Notes 
 

USEFUL INFORMATION TO STUDY AND PREPARE  FOR EXAMS 
Review Questions 1
Review questions 2
 

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

Fall 2005 SCHEDULE FOR THE INTERNET BASED CLIMATE LAB

climate data internet lab schedule 

CLIMATE DATA INTERNET LAB
  Internet Based Climate Lab

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)  

 (5) January 29: 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

 (4) January 29: 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 or Salmun). 

 (3) January 29: This course has some policies and guidelines. You can access them from (click on the highlighted text) here and it is strongly recommended that you read the entire document thoroughly. You are responsible for knowing the information it contains.

 (2) January 29: Please make a note of the e-mail address to use when writing to Prof. Salmun about this course: 

   wcsalmun@geo.hunter.cuny.edu

Mail about this course sent to any other address to my name will be AUTOMATICALLY disregarded and deleted. 

 (1) January 29: You may find the following e-mail exchange useful (from a previous semester), since I usually get similar questions from students. Please  click here