ATMO 5321
"Cloud and Precipitation Physics"
Spring 2008

Instructor: Dr. Kyle C. Wiens
Class Times: Mon, Wed, Fri: 9:00 - 9:50 am
Class Location: BA building, room 373

Office Hours: Tues, Thurs: 3:30-5:00 PM (or by appointment)
Office Location: BA building, room 1209

News and important items:

Sunday, 4 May 2008
- Solutions to the last homework (#6) are posted below.
Sunday, 27 April 2008
- The Final Exam is next Monday (5 May) at 7:30 to 10:00AM in the usual classroom.
  - The final exam will be comprehensive.
  - I have posted a summary and review of electrification and lightning below. I'll also hand this out in class.
  - Use this review and the review documents for the previous two exams as study guides for the final.
- Homework #6 is due on Friday (2 May)

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Syllabus

Lecture Notes

Nucleation (Class date: 4-13 February 2008)
Major Themes in Cloud Physics (Class date: 22 February 2008)
Aerosols (Class date: 25-27 February 2008)
Droplet Growth, Part One (Class date: 29 February to 3 March 2008)
Droplet Growth, Part Two (Class date: 5 March 2008)
Droplet Growth, Part Three (Class date: 10 March 2008)
Collision and Coalescence (Class date: 12-14 March 2008)
Ice Nucleation (Class date: 28 March to 2 April)
Ice Growth by Vapor Deposition (Class date: 4--7 April)
Ice Growth by Aggregation and Riming (Class date: 14--16 April)
Electrification Overview (PPT) (Class date: 18--21 April)
Thunderstorm Charging Mechanisms (PPT) (Class date: 23--25 April)
Relationships between lightning and convection (PPT) (Class date: 25--28 April)

Homework

Problem Set 1 (Due: 28 January 2008)
Problem Set 2 (Due: 6 February 2008)
Problem Set 2a (Due: 6 February 2008)
Problem Set 3 (Due: 18 February 2008)
Problem Set 4 (Due: 5 March 2008)
Problem Set 5 (Due: 28 March 2008)
Problem Set 6 (Due: 2 May 2008)

Homework Solutions

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