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Professor Jin-Yi Yu Office: 3315 Croul Hall Phone: (949) 824-3878 Email: jyyu@uci.edu http://www.ess.uci.edu/~yu/
TA: Ms. Angie Kao |
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This course introduces students to the fundamental properties of the atmosphere and helps them understand the physics behind the weather and climate. The course begins with an introduction of the thermal structure, mass distribution, and general circulation of the atmosphere and an explanation of how these properties are determined by the balance between the solar and terrestrial radiations. The second part of the course describes the weather features we experience in daily life, including midlatitude storms, tropical hurricane, tornadoes, clouds, and precipitation. The last part of the course looks into how the atmosphere interacts with oceans, land, ice, and human activities to determine the past and possible future climate changes. Students will be tested on their knowledge of the atmosphere and also on their understanding of the physical processes behind it. |
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(30%) Homework (30%) Mid-term (30%) Final (10%) Pop Quizzes |
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Office Hour Table or By Appointments
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