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Welcome to Geography 365: Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate, a three-credit course in meteorology, the atmospheric science that makes the news and impacts everyone’s life every day. The course introduces the physical principles and processes that govern the earth’s atmosphere, the nature of weather and climate, the formation of weather systems, and important aspects of weather monitoring, analysis, and forecasting.

Unit 1

COMET® Program. GOES-R: Benefits of Next-Generation Environmental Monitoring.

Home page: COMET® Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). MetEd: Teaching and Training Resources for the Geoscience Community. Sponsored by NOAA's National Weather Service.

Harper, K. (2008). Weather by the numbers: The genesis of modern meteorology. Cambridge: MIT Press.

COMET® Program. Remote Sensing Using Satellites, 2nd ed.

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NOAA's National Weather Service.

Horstmeyer, S. L. (2011). Chapter 11 A time line of meteorology: 9000 BC–2000 AD. In The Weather Almanac. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

COMET® Program. Clouds, Precipitation, and Water Vapor

McGregor, G. R. (2006). Climatology: Its scientific nature and scope. [Editorial.] International Journal of Climatology, 26(1), 1–5.

Unit 2

Calisesi, Y., Bonnet, R.-M, Gray, L., Langen, J., & Lockwood, L., eds. (2007). Solar variability and planetary climates. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, vol. 23. Reprinted from Space Science Reviews, vol 125, nos. 1-4, 2006 Springer. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Hanslmeier, A. (2007). The Sun and space weather (2nd ed.). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

COMET® Program. Physics of the Aurora: Earth Systems.

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Lilensten, J., & Bornarel, J. (2006). Space weather, environment and societies. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

COMET® Program. Space Weather Basics.

COMET® Program. Basic Weather Processes.

Beeby, D. (2018, December 5). It's raining junk: Weather service dumping baloons and e-waste across the landscape. CBC News.

Government of Canada. (2021, March 23). From telegraph to mobile apps - 150 years of Canadian weather service history.

Government of Canada. (2021, May 25). Timeline: Major milestones of the Meteorological Service of Canada.

Thomas, M. K. (1971). A brief history of meteorological services in Canada parts 1, 2 and 3. Atmosphere, 9(1, 2, and 3).

Government of Canada. (2021, May 13). Modernizing Canada's weather-radar network.

Government of Canada. (2018, January 23). Meteorological station catalogue.

Unit 3

Fleming, J. R. (2007). The Callendar Effect: the life and work of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898–1964), the scientist who established the carbon dioxide theory of climate change. Boston: American Meteorological Society.

Maureen, C. (2001). Ozone layer: A philosophy of science perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

COMET® Program. Basic Weather Processes.

COMET® Program. Space Weather Basics.

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COMET® Program. Climate Change: Fitting the Pieces Together.

Unit 4

COMET® Program. Basic Weather Processes.

Arnfield, A.J. (2003). Two decades of urban climate research: A review of turbulence, exchanges of energy and water, and the urban heat island. International Journal of Climatology, 23(1): 1–26.

COMET® Program. Weather and the Built Environment.

Home page: MetEd: Teaching and Training Resources for the Geoscience Community. (2014). The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

Chang, H. (2004). Inventing temperature. Measurement and scientific progress. New York: Oxford University Press.

Home page: The Cloud Appreciation Society

COMET® Program. Weather Radar Fundamentals.

Libbrecht, K. G. SnowCrystals.com: Your online guide to snowflakes, snow crystals, and other ice phenomena. Website. Home page: California Institute of Technology Information Technology Services http://www.its.caltech.edu/

Home page: California Institute of Technology Information Technology Services

Libbrecht, K. G. (2005). The physics of snow crystals. Reports on Progress in Physics, 68(4), 855–895.

Unit 8

COMET® Program. Wind Systems.

Allegro Productions. (2004). The Wind: Nature’s Action Hero. Cambridge Educational. Science Screen Report. Films on Demand.

COMET® Program. Topics in Lake Effect Snow Forecasting.

COMET® Program. Definition of the Mesoscale.

Williams, J. (2009). Chapter 9: Mesoscale weather. In The AMS weather book: The ultimate guide to America’s weather. Boston: American Meteorological Society.

COMET® Program. Forecasting Dust Storms, V2.

Unit 9

COMET® Program. The El Niño-South Oscillation (ENSO) Cycle.

American Museum of Natural History. (2004). NAO: Driving climate across the North Atlantic. Films on Demand.

COMET® Program. Introduction to Ocean Currents.

D’Aleo, J. S. (2002). The Oryx resource guide to El Niño and La Niña. Westport, CT: Oryx Press.

COMET® Program. Jet Streams.

Wanner, H., Brönnimann, S., Casty, C., Gyalistras, D., Luterbacher, J., Schmutz, C., …& E. Xoplaki. (2001). North Atlantic oscillation: Concepts and issues. Surveys in Geophysics, 22(4), 321-381.

Williams, J. (2009). Chapter 5: Global patterns. In The AMS weather book: The ultimate guide to America’s weather. Boston: American Meteorological Society.

COMET® Program. ENSO & Beyond

Unit 10

Quaile, E. L. (2001, April). Back to basics: Föhn and chinook winds. Weather, 56(4), 141–145.

COMET® Program. Thermally Forced Circulation I: The Sea Breeze.

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COMET® Program. Thermally Forced Circulation II: Mountain/Valley Breezes.

COMET® Program. Temperature and Relative Humidity Relationships.

COMET® Program. Forecasting Dust Storms, V2.

COMET® Program. Hurricanes Canadian Style: Extratropical Transition.

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Lionello, P., J. Bhend, A. Buzzi, P.M. Della-Marta, S.O.Krichak, A. Jansa, P.Maheras, A.Sanna, I.F. Trigo, and R. Trigo. 2006. "Chapter 6: Cyclones in the Mediterranean region: climatology and effects on the environment." In Developments in Earth and environmental sciences, Vol. 4. Elsevier: pp. 325-372. Uncorrected proof.

Unit 11

Burrows, W. R., King, P., Lewis, P. J., Kochtubajda, B., Snyder, B., & Turcotte, V. (2002). Lightning occurrence patterns over Canada and adjacent United States from Lightning Detection Network observations. Atmosphere -- Ocean (Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society), 40(1), 59-80.

COMET® Program. Mesoscale Convective Systems: Squall Lines and Bow Echoes.

Cheng, V. S., Arhonditsis, G. B., Sills, D. L., Auld, H., Shephard, M. W., Gough, W. A., & Klaassen, J. (2013). Probability of tornado occurrence across Canada. Journal Of Climate, 26(23), 9415-9428.

COMET® Program. Principles of Convection III: Shear and Convective Storms.

The Convection III module assumes that you are able to interpret a hodograph. You may find it helpful to first work through these two introductory modules:

Principles of Convection I: Buoyancy and CAPE

Principles of Convection II: Using Hodographs

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David, E., Soren E., B., Amir, S., & Paul, J. (2001). Tornado climatology of Canada revisited: tornado activity during different phases of ENSO. International Journal Of Climatology, 21(8), 915-938.

COMET® Program. A Convective Storm Matrix: Buoyancy and Shear Dependencies.

Dupilka, M., & Reuter, G. W. (2011). Composite soundings associated with severe and tornadic thunderstorms in Central Alberta. Atmosphere–Ocean, 49(3), 269–278.

COMET® Program. Flash Flood Processes.

Kochtubajda, B., Flannigan, M.D., Gyakum, J. R. Stewart, R. E., Burrows, W. R., Way, A.M., Richardson, E., & Stirling, I. (2008). The nature and impacts of thunderstorms in a Northern Climate. In Ming-ko Woo (Ed.), Cold Region Atmospheric and Hydrologic Studies. The Mackenzie GEWEX Experience, Vol. 1: Atmospheric Dynamics (pp. 383–402). Springer.

Orville, R. E., Huffines, G. R., Burrows, W. R., & Cummins, K. L. (2011). The North American Lightning Detection Network (NALDN)—Analysis of flash data: 2001–09. Monthly Weather Review, 139(5), 1305–1322.

COMET® Program. GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) North America Examples

Environment Canada Lightning

Unit 12

Carlile, B., & Sansom, A. (2009). After Ike: Aerial views from the no-fly zone. College Station: Texas A&M University Press.

COMET® Program. Topics in Tropical Meteorology.

Chan, J.C.L., & Kepert, J.D. (Eds.) (2010). Global perspective on tropical cyclones: From science to mitigation. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific.

COMET® Program. Remote Sensing Using Satellites.

Home page: COMET® Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). MetEd: Teaching and Training Resources for the Geoscience Community. Sponsored by NOAA's National Weather Service.

Gifford, J. (2004). Hurricane Hazel: Canada’s storm of the century. Toronto: Dundurn Group.

COMET® Program. Introduction to Tropical Meteorology Textbook.

Keim, B.D., & Muller, R.A. (2009). Hurricanes of the Gulf of Mexico. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

LaBeau, T.G. (2009). Cyclones: Background, history and impact. New York: Nova Science Publishers.

McTaggart-Cowan, R., Bosart, L.F., Davis, C.A., Atallah, E.H., Gyakum, J.R., & Emanuel, K.A. (2006). Analysis of Hurricane Catarina (2004). Monthly Weather Review, 134(11), 3029–3053.

Read, W. (2001/2005). The “Big Blow” of Columbus Day 1962.

Home page: Office of the Washington State Climatologist

Environment and Climate Change Canada A Climatology of Hurricanes for Eastern Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada Canadian Forecasts and Facts

Comprehensive Climatology of Hurricanes of Eastern Canada

Notable Canadian Tropical Cyclones

Unit 13

Anderson, K. (2005). Predicting the weather: Victorians and the science of meteorology. Chicago: University Chicago Press.

COMET® Program. Introduction to Ensemble Prediction.

Fine, G. A. (2007). Authors of the storm: Meteorologists and the culture of prediction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

COMET® Program. Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (QPF) Overview.

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Gerrity, J.P., Gyakum, J.R., Anthes, R.A., Bosart, L.F., Browning, K.A., & O’Lenic, E.A. (2012). Weather forecasting and prediction. AccessScience. McGraw Hill Education.

COMET® Program. Skew-T Mastery.

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Glantz, M.H. (Ed.) (2009). Heads up! Early warning systems for climate, water- and weather-related hazards. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.

Pasini, A. (2006). Chapter 7: Meteorological models. In From observations to simulations: A conceptual introduction to weather and climate modelling (pp. 117–148). Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific.

World Bank. (2008). Weather and climate services in Europe and Central Asia: A regional review. World Bank paper no. 151. Washington, DC: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank.

Transport Canada Aeronautical Information Manual

Canadian Ice Service Ice Forecasts and Observations

Environment Canada Ice Products Guide

Environment Canada Floods