EAS 270: Textbook Material Excluded, 2006

• Exclusions from Chapter 1
  • The Mesosphere and Thermosphere
  • The Ionosphere
  • Evolution of the Atmosphere
  • Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters
• Exclusions from Chapter 2
  • The Sun (pp40-41)
• Exclusions from Chapter 3
  • Measurement of temperature
  • Recent severe heat waves
• No exclusions from Chapter 4
• Exclusions from Chapter 5
  • Section 5-2 "Vertical Profiles of Moisture"
  • Measuring humidity
  • High humidities and human discomfort
  • Distribution of fog
• No exclusions from Chapter 6
• Exclusions from Chapter 7
  • Measuring precipitation & snow
• Exclusions from Chapter 8
  • Section 8-2 Physical Principles "The Movement of Rossby Waves"
  • Monsoons
  • Pacific Decadal Oscillation & Arctic Oscillations
  • Names of the ocean currents (Figure 8-15)
  • Fig. 8-33 with its identification of climatic anomalies all over the globe associated with ENSO
  • The second and third columns of Sec. 8-5 Physical Prnciples "What causes El Ninos and the Southern Oscillation?"
• Exclusions from Chapter 9
  • Sec. 9-1 Special Interest "Maritime air masses invade..."
  • Sec. 9-2 Special Interest "The Pineapple Express"
• Exclusions from Chapter 10
  • An example of a mid latitude cyclone
• Exclusions from Chapter 11
  • All material on lightning (ie. pp306 - mid page 314)
  • Geographic and temporal distribution of thunderstorms
  • The location and timing of tornadoes
  • Trends in US tornado occurrence
  • Tornado damage
  • Fatalities
• Exclusions from Chapter 12
  • all refernces to/quotations from Conrad's short story "Typhoon"
  • Naming Hurricanes
  • Sec. 12-2 "2004 and 2005: Two Historic Hurricane Seasons"
  • Hurricane Destruction and fatalities
  • Sec. 12-3 "Hurricane Katrina"
  • table 12-2 "Saffir-Simpson Scale" (of hurricane intensity)
  • Seasonal and long-term hurricane forecasts
  • Sec. 12-5 "Galveston Hurricane of 1900"
• Exclusions from Chapter 13

  Note: much of the material in this chapter has already been covered.

  • Sec 13-2 Special Interest: Television weather segments
  • Lifted Index & K-index
  • No need to remember the specific attributes of the three American NWP models as listed in the Appendix. However you should cover the general principles explained.
  • Measures of Forecast Accuracy & Skill (this is a section of the Appendix)
• Exclusions from Chapter 14
  • Sec. 14-2 Focus on the Environment. The counteroffensive on air pollution
  • Sec. 14-3 Focus on the Environment. Smog in Southern California
• Exclusions from Chapter 15
  • Thornthwaite's Climate Classification System
  • Tropical Climates
  • Dry Climates
  • Mild Midlatitude Climates
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• Chapter 17 excluded entirely