Instructor:Adnan Akyüz
Grading Method:

Letter (Letter)

Credits:

1

Department:

AGRI (2000)

Academic Level:

K-12 Professionals

Start/End Dates:

07/18/2022 - 07/22/2022

Completion Date:

07/29/2022

Term:

Summer 2022

Location:

Online

Instruction Mode:

Internet Synchronous (online class)

Cost:

$100

Description

Basic meteorology-climatology concepts and their application includes energy balance, greenhouse effect, temperature, pressure systems, lows, highs, fronts, winds, clouds, storms, humidity, precipitation, and measurements. Lectures, discussions, demonstrations.

Meteorology is an applied science that is based almost totally on physics and mathematical principles. Many of you may have not taken many science courses, but that’s irrelevant because many (most) of the principles and concepts covered will still be new to most students. Thus, learning and understanding will take significant effort for all of us, but it will be exciting. Just think—knowing what causes the weather to be the way it is in Fargo, ND and why the climate changes are empowering, exciting and fun. It is even more fun to explain it to your students. 

In this course, educators participate virtually. Sessions will be delivered on-line via zoom, Monday - Friday (8:00 - 10:30 a.m. synchronously + out-of-class readings) - (recordings for each session will be available within an hour after each class). All assignments are submitted on-line through MindTab, a Blackboard Learning Module.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

OBJECTIVES:

After completing this course, students should be able to:

  1. Define various energy transfer mechanisms and apply the principles of radiant energy to the Sun and Earth.
  2. Examine the effects that conduction, convection, scattering and reflection have on Earth’s radiant energy budget.
  3. Explain the roles that evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and transpiration play in Earth’s hydrologic cycle.
  4. Compare and contrast relative humidity, dew point, and water vapor content, and discuss how the relationship between dew point and temperature leads to large global humidity variations.
  5. Define the terms adiabatic process, dry adiabatic process, and moist adiabatic rate, compare and contrast their impact on atmospheric stability.
  6. Explain the relationship between horizontal temperature differences, horizontal air pressure variations, and air movement.
  7. Describe the forces at play in surface winds and the effect these forces have on wind direction and wind speed in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  8. Explain how and why general circulation influences precipitation patterns around the world.
  9. Describe the methods used to reconstruct past climates.
  10. Recognize and gather a collection of atmospheric optical phenomena (rainbows, ice halos, rays and shadows).

"I REALLY LOVED THIS COURSE! IT FELT LIKE JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF MATERIALS."

"THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THIS COURSE - I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT & WORK THAT WENT INTO IT AND YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR!"

"BOTH PROFESSOR AND CLASS WERE A WIN! HE WAS SO RESPONSIVE, FUN TO LISTEN TO IN THE LECTURES AND REALLY SEEMED TO VALUE OUR TIME."

REQUIRED STUDENT RESOURCES:

  • All Inclusive online textbook - Meteorology Today - 13th Edition by Ahrens - you will have access to this electronic book when you register in this course. You do not have to buy a hard copy!
  • The Cloud Collector's Handbook by Pinney (ISBN: 978-0-8118-7542-4)
  • Sling Psychrometer - can be purchased from the NDSU bookstore or also available at http://www.homesciencetools.com {ITEM #AS-PSYCHR)
**Registration Instructions**

CLASS IS CANCELLED.