Homework #0
Read Chapter 1
Homework #1
Chapter 1 Problems (Part I)
1.1, 1.3(see this link
for more info on tethers), 1.4, 1.6, 1.9, 1.11
Homework #2
Chapter 1 Problems (Part II)
1.12, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17
Homework #3
Chapter 2 Problems (Part I)
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and use the constant 500mb pressure map (click here) with 60m
geopotential height contours to
estimate the geostrophic wind half way
up through the mass of the atmosphere above San Francisco.
Compare
your value of the geostrophic wind with the actual value of the wind.
Explain how you can determine
the direction of the geostrophic wind from
the geopotential height field.
Homework #4
Chapter 2 Problems (Part II)
2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12
Homework #5
Chapter 3 Problems (Part I)
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.14
Homework #6
Chapter 3 Problems (Part II)
3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23
Extra Credit: 3.17