COURSE SCHEDULE
for GC/GEOS/HWR 107a
Lecture & lab topics and relevant dates
(NOTE: Just as global change occurs, this outline will most
probably change as we progress through the semester. Updates and
revisions will be posted on this 107A Page.)
- 8/24
- Introduction to the Course -- no LAB MEETINGS this week
- 8/29
- On Becoming a Scientist
- 8/31
- On Becoming a Scientist (cont.)
- 8/31
- LAB 1 The Scientist's First Tool: Observation & Introduction to
the Global Change Computer Lab
- 9/5
- Basic Introduction to our ``laboratory:'' The Earth
- 9/7
- Earth and Sun relationships
- 9/7
- LAB 2 The Earth from Space: Observations, Hypotheses, and Analog
Models
- 9/12
- Earth-Sun Relationships (cont.)
- 9/14
- Earth-Sun (cont.) & Basic Principles of the Physical World
- 9/14
- LAB 3 "How to read a scientific paper" - phase 1
- 9/19
- Basic Principles & Electromagnetic Radiation
- 9/20
- Last day to drop without a W
- 9/21
- Solar Radiation
- 9/21
- LAB 4 Symbolic Representation in Scientific Analysis (formerly
referred to as Lab 3)
- 9/26
- Radiation Balance and Fluxes
- 9/28
- Observing the Earth: the Radiation Balance and Temperature
- 9/28
- LAB 5 Activity: Class synthesis, Exam Review
- 10/3
- EXAM 1
- 10/5
- Energy Balance, Water Balance, & Atmospheric moisture
- 10/5
- no LAB because of Field Trip on Saturday
- 10/7
- LAB 6 The Interdisciplinary Field Experiment -- SATURDAY MORNING
FIELD TRIP 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
- 10/10
- Moisture and Energy Balances
- 10/12
- Water Vapor, Global Moisture Fluxes and the Role of Clouds
- 10/12
- LAB 7 Using Field Measurements to Calculate, Graph, and
Evaluate Processes at the Earth's Surface
- 10/17
- The Role of the Biosphere in Global Change
- 10/19
- Remote Sensing as a tool for studying Global Change
- 10/19
- LAB 8 Instrumentation and Data Collection with Remote Sensing
- 10/24
- Global Vegetation Patterns
- 10/26
- Land Surface-atmosphere Processes and Feedbacks
- 10/26
- LAB 9 Deforestation and Desertification
- 10/31
- Feedbacks (cont.)
- 11/1
- Last day to drop with a W. You must get signature and have a
passing grade at time you drop.
- 11/2
- The Global Warming Debate
- 11/2
- LAB 10 Class synthesis and discussion
- 11/7
- EXAM 2
- 11/9
- The Ozone Hole Issue
- 11/9
- LAB 11 Finding & Evaluating Scientific Information
- 11/14
- Atmospheric Circulation and Global Circulation Models
- 11/16
- Atmospheric circulation and pressure patterns
- 11/16
- LAB 12 Atmospheric Circulation -- Textbook and "Real World" Views
- 11/21
- Atmospheric circulation (cont.)
- 11/23
- THANKSGIVING
- 11/28
- Ocean Circulation and El Niño
- 11/30
- Human Dimensions of Global Change: Population
- 11/30
- LAB 13 Understanding, graphing, and calculating exponential growth and world population
- 12/5
- Human Dimensions of Global Change: Population and Resources
- 12/7
- Class wrap-up
- 12/7
- LAB 14 Population, Resources, Global Awareness -- Class synthesis and
discussion
- Final Exam:
- TUESDAY December 19th 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. in Space Sci 308 (our
lecture room)
Prepared by Katie Hirschboeck -- katie@LTRR.arizona.edu -- Last updated
December 11, 1995