SECTION 1

• Climate Variables I
• Climate Variables II
• Insolation
• Vorticity
• SI Units
• Temperature Derivation
• Layers of Earth's Atmosphere
• Atmospheres of Other Planets in Our Solar System
• Components of Earth's Atmosphere
• Wien & Stefan-Boltzmann Laws
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Solar Spectrum
• The "magic" 4 in the EBQ
• The Tale of Three Photons (No Atmosphere)
• The Tale of Three Photons (With Atmosphere)
• Absorption Bands of Greenhouse Gasses
• Seasons: Sun Angle
• Seasons: Atmospheric Thickness
• Seasons: Length of Day
• Warm Air Rises
• Daily Temperature Fluctuation & Radiation
• Daily Warming & Nighttime Cooling (Lapse Rates)
• Thermal Belt
• Diurnal Temperature Variation with Height
• Temperature Profile (Cloudy vs. Clear Days)
• Moist Air Rises
• Seasonal Variation in Temperature with Latitude
• Climates--Ocean Currents
• Climates--Elevations
• Cooling DD & Heating DD
• Growing DD
• Wind Chill
• Using the Saturation Curve
• Lab 1--Figure 1
• Lab 1--Figure 4
• 6 Forms of Fog
• Characteristics of Cloud Types
• Clouds Types (Overview)

SECTION 2

• 4 Lapse Rates
• Stability and Lapse Rates
• Topography & Stability
• Conditionally Unstable
• Absolute Stab. & Unstab.
• Soundings & Stability
• Unstable Sounding
• Collision & Coalescence
• Bergeron Process
• Precipitation Totals US
• Snow Totals US
• Max Precipitation US
• Precipitation Jan. US
• Hail Formation
• Hail Frequency
• PGF
• Coriolis with latitude/speed
• Coriolis Orientation
• Geostrophic Wind
• Gradient Wind
• Wind Rose
• Global Pressure Patterns
• Global Wind Patterns
• Wind Directions (def.)
• Sea vs. Land Breeze
• Global regions by lat.
• Single-Cell Model
• Three-Cell Model
• Longitude Divergence
• ITCZ Wanderings
• Jet Streams--Northern Hemisphere
• Jet Streams--Side View
• Jet Stream Strength and Wanderings
• Rossby Waves
• ITCZ Wanderings
• El Niño
• La Niña
• El Niño years
• El Niño's effects

SECTION 3 & BEYOND

• Source Regions
• Extratropical Cyclone
• Top/Side view of Cyclone
• Stationary Front
• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occlusion
• Precipitation with Lows
• Cyclone Family
• Polar Front Theory (1-3)
• Polar Front Theory (4-6)
• Contour Confluence/Diffluence
• Speed Convergence/Divergence
• Cyclogenesis I
• Cyclogenesis II
• Cyclogenesis III
• Thunderstorm Distribution
• Weather Fatalities
• Climograph (Chicago & San Francisco)
• Squall & Dry Lines
• Tornado (Inversion)
• Tornado Speed
• Fujita Scale
• Tornado Distribution by Season (Central U.S.)
• Tornado Deaths by Category
• Tornado Distribution (1 year)
• Tornado (strong) Distribution US
• Tornado (weak) Distribution US
• Tropical vs. Extratropical Cyclones
• Hurricane Characteristics
• GOES vs. POES
• Atmospheric Models (basic characteristics)
• Weather Forecasting Types