September 21,  2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS

IF YOU MISSED CLASS TODAY

In class today we did the following:

1.  Dr. H briefly went over ASSIGNMENT I-2 on Skeleton Plotting & Crossdating.  Be sure to review the Assignment I-2 directions before Thursday's class and come in with any questions. 
It is due NEXT TUESDAY Sep 28th before 11:59 pm in the D2L Dropbox.

 

2.  Dr H gave a presentation on Topic #7  The Radiation Laws  <== one of the most important topics of the semester!!!  

      Topic #7 The Radiation Laws  [color pdf ]  

 

3.   During the lecture, we had several clicker questions and TWO Zombie breaks:

The first break was a  "Sustainability Segment" -- we watched the next segment of  the PBS NOVA show:  Saved by the Sun     (up to the section about Germany)
            (you can view it again yourself online in D2L)

The second break was a whimsical look at the vibration/rotation behavior of one of the Greenhouse Gases:  nitrous oxide (N₂O) by viewing an entry of the "Dance Your PhD Contest.  Watch it again online at:   Dance Your PhD: Tropospheric N2O isotopic composition 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS  

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IF YOU MISSED CLASS TODAY:  

• Review  Class Notes pp 35-37 very carefully -- (We'll finish up Law #6 in class on Thursday).
  
• Review the presentation above on Topic #7 , the Radiation Laws Presentation . 
  
   NOTE:  this week's classes are  very important lectures  for understanding nearly every global change issue -- and there will be several questions on TEST #2 and the midterm exam that relate to the radiation laws.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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