SYLLABUS, Fall 2001

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Week / Section date
Topics covered
Homework
1, Sept 3, Sept 5 Organizational meeting None
2, Setp 12th Notes:
Exponents
Scientific notation
Significant figures
Units and dimensional analysis
Functions
PS 1 assigned
3, Sept 19th Notes:
Temperature
Energy
Waves
Earth's energy balance
PS 1 due solutions
PS 2 assigned
4, Sept 26 Notes:
Review of sig figs/sci notation
Coriolis effect
Ozone Chemistry
5, Oct 3 No class.
6, Oct 10 more on Ozone chemistry
Notes:
Exponential growth
PS 2 due solutions
PS 3 assigned
7, Oct 17 Review of exponential growth
Notes:
Exponential decay
Semilog plots
PS 3 due solutions
PS 4 assigned
8, Oct 24 Notes:
Intro to Box Models
PS 4 due solutions
PS 5 assigned
9, Oct 31 Notes:
Discussion of the project
Non-steady state box models
PS 5 due solutions
PS 6 assigned
10, Nov 7 Review for Energy Midterm
11, Nov 14 Notes: PS 6 due solutions
12, Nov 21
13, Nov 28 No class, Thanksgiving break
14, Dec 5