Week 2: 26 January
Monday and Wednesday:
Sonic anemometer measurement discussion. (Whiteboard notes).
Draw and explain U, V, and W wind components, meteorological wind direction and wind speed. (Whiteboard notes).
We will start data analysis on Wednesday. Bring your laptop or use the lab computers. If using lab computers, be sure email yourself the file or bring a USB drive to class.
UNR and other data from the Ambient WS5000 weather station .
Student Preparation for Class: Complete part 1 of assignment 6. Bring questions to class.
We will continue with assignment 6.
Some of the UNR and Desert Research Institute (DRI) meteorological instruments.
Atmospheric Instruments Textbook: See Appendix A on lab reports
Free through UNR Library: Online textbook for atmospheric instrumentation.
Week 1: 19 January
Friday:
Student Preparation for Class: Read assignment 6 and bring questions to class.
Continue with assignment 6.
Some of the UNR and Desert Research Institute (DRI) meteorological instruments.
Wednesday:
Introductions: Name, major, and goals for this class.
Places to learn about what is going on in this class:
Daily Notes (here).
Assignments. Assignments 1-6 have been posted, review them.
Syllabus.
Webcampus.
Atmospheric Instruments Textbook:
Free through UNR Library: Online textbook for atmospheric instrumentation.
How to keep a lab notebook to record what you do and help in lab report writing:
a. Make a table of contents at the back.
b. Number the pages so you can add entries to the table of content.
Discussion of lab notebooking from CU.
A free, online Atmospheric Science textbook is available for students new to the field.
Free online Introductory Textbook for Atmospheric Science and local backup.
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