ATMS 317 Homework (return to main page)
HOMEWORK STYLE GUIDE:
MAKE A SKETCH OF THE PROBLEM SET UP WHENEVER POSSIBLE!
Homework problems
are intended to help you master the course material. You are strongly encouraged
to work with others, but make your submitted homework a unique expression
of your knowledge of the material.
A more thorough discussion of this process is given here.
Example 1 of an easy to read, clear homework page. (Nice handwriting with a pen, on one side of the page only).
Example 2 of a word-processed homework page.
All homework will be turned in through webcampus as either Microsoft Word or Powerpoint Presentation documents. |
ASSIGNMENT 1 Weather Discussion
Purpose: Become familiar with weather observations and model output.
This assignment will be repeated throughout the semester for various locations.
- Each student will give a weather discussion for Reno's weather on an assigned day, about 5 to 15 minutes, beginning of class.
- What's the current weather? Describe and explain the current weather, starting from the microscale to the synoptic scale.
- What's the future weather? Discuss it from the synoptic scale to the local/microscale.
- Some links to use for your discussion are below. You can use others too.
- This is a conversation; everyone participates in the discussion.
- In your discussion, describe the forecast product you are using, which model(s) it is from, when the models were run, and when they are valid.
- Interpret what the forecast product shows (rather than just flashing it by as a quick image).
- After drawing a conclusion from the model, explain why you came to that conclusion.
- Add a link to the model location if using powerpoint, etc.
- Summarizing, key messages can be provided at the end of your document.
Deliverables:
Make and present a PowerPoint or MSword document that lists your links that you're going to use for the discussion.
Turn it in through WebCampus prior to your discussion.
Resources:
Forecast page including discussion of how to do one.
Other tools.
Example of a weather discussion from the NWS.
