| EAS 485 | Advanced Synoptic Meteorology Spring 2009 | ||||||||||||||
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WSB 21 |
MF 11:00-12:50 | |||||||||||||
| W 11:00-11:50 | |||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites | EAS 385 and EAS 475 | ||||||||||||||
| Schedule Notes | Presidents' Day: February 16 (Classes Do Meet) See Spring 2009 Academic Calendar |
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| Approximate Exam Dates | Semester Exams: Friday, February 20; Monday, April 6 | ||||||||||||||
Final Exam: Monday, May 4 10:15 AM - 12:45 PM |
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| Instructor | (Please anyone but) Bob Weisman | ||||||||||||||
| Office | WSB 48 | ||||||||||||||
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| Required Text | Weather Forecasting Handbook, Tim Vasquez | ||||||||||||||
| Weather Map Handbook, Tim Vasquez | |||||||||||||||
| Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Observations & Theory of Weather Systems, Volume II, Howard Bluestein | |||||||||||||||
| Supporting Texts | Meteorology Today, 7th Edition, C. Donald Ahrens | ||||||||||||||
| American Meteorological Society Journals (good time to become a member) | |||||||||||||||
| Other Supplies | Colored, erasable pencils (Baker's Craft -- 27th and Division) | ||||||||||||||
| Pen and Ink White-out |
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| Protractor |
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| Good, thin line plotting pen (black or blue). |
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| Course Objectives | 0. Know locations of surface stations in Northern Plains and around KSPI. Also, learn selected North American Station IDs. See Synoptic/Forecasting Handbook |
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1. Be able to present meteorological information in proper oral and written form.
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| 2. Introduce concepts of surface and upper-air analysis to mesoscale forecast situation. | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Become familiar with refereed meteorological literature. | |||||||||||||||
4. Understand the application of dynamics ideas to real-time weather systems.
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| Grading (tentative and approximate) |
Map and On-Line Assignments | 20% | |||||||||||||
Student Discussions |
10% | ||||||||||||||
Semester Exams (2) |
10% each |
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Personal Forecasting Handbook Assignment Due Wed. April 1 3 PM |
20% | ||||||||||||||
| Final Exam: Friday, December 19 10:15 AM - 12:45 PM | 20% | ||||||||||||||
| Forecast Game (starts Monday, January 12). Sign-up link on class home page. Note: Register for class "EASGENERAL" | 10% Required to make final standings (60% of all class days) at both KSTC and KSPI |
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| Grade Posting | Individual grades will be posted in WebCT Log in to Desire2Learn Get a HuskyNet Password to use Desire2Learn (same ID as you need for forecast game). |
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| Communications |
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(Note: This is tentative and not the final curve used in EAS 385 during the Fall 2008 Semester)
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Note:
You must participate on 60% of all class days in both the St. Cloud
and Springfield forecasting games. Failure
to make the minimum number of forecasts at the end of the semester will
result in at least a deduction of one grade level.
You should also forecast on all class meeting days.
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| Lateness Policy | Regular class assignments: 10% off per calendar day late | ||||||||||||||
Personal Forecasting Handbook Assignment Due Wed. April 1 3 PM (no late projects accepted) |
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