This page provides information regarding Robert Fovell's A&OS 101 course for Winter, 2013.

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Class materials

• Class syllabus
• Basic concepts lecture (75MB MP4 file)
• Basic concepts PPT
• Standard atmosphere (PDF)
• Coriolis force (PDF)
• Basic thermodynamics lecture (96MB MP4 file)
  • Note 1: In the video keyed to slide 13, at one point I mistakenly state "delta U = delta Q - delta W" instead of "delta U = del Q - del W". This should be clear from the subsequent discussion.
  • Note 2: I revised slide 25 to clarify that I am talking specifically about the isothermal expansion vs. the isothermal compression.
• Basic thermodynamics PPT
• Stuve diagram (PDF)
• Routes to saturation handout (PDF)
• Example midterm questions (PDF)
• Metastability handout (PDF)
• Example midterm SOLUTIONS (PDF)
• Stuve diagram summary (PDF)
• Midterm solutions (PDF)
• CAPE theory and a rising thermal (PDF)
• Some final exam review questions. (PDF)

• HW #1 (due Jan 22)
• HW #2 (due Jan 29)
• HW #3 (due Feb 05)
• HW #4 (due Feb 12)
• HW #5 (due Feb 28)
• HW #6 (due Mar 07)
• HW #7 (due Mar 12)

• HW #1
• HW #2
• HW #3
• HW #4
• HW #5
• HW #6
• HW #7