UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY (UMBC)

Department of Geography and Environmental Systems

Course ID:	GES 311
Course Title:	Weather and Climate
Days:	Tuesdays & Thursdays
Time:	11:30 - 12:45
Location:	Performing Arts and Humanities, Room 107
Instructor:	Dr. Ali Tokay SOND 211 tokay@umbc.edu

Office hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00 - 10:30

Grading:
test1: 15 points - October 10, 2023
test2: 15 points - October 31, 2023
test3: 15 points - December 5, 2023
test4: 15 points - December 14, 2023 at 10:30 am
homework: 4 x 10 points = 40 points

NO EXCUSE for the absence of the any exams except for the athletics and some exceptional cases.

Textbook:
Meteorology Today, 13th edition by C. Donald Ahrens and Robert Henson (highly recommended)

Course Content:
01. The Earth and its Atmosphere
02. Energy: Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere
03. Seasonal and Daily Temperature
04. Atmospheric Moisture
05. Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds
06. Stability and Cloud Development
07. Precipitation
08. Air Pressure and Winds
09. Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems
10. Wind: Global Systems
11. Air Masses and Fronts
12. Mid-Latitude Weather Systems

Homework

Sample Tests

NASA Goodard Space Flight Center summer student program