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Meteorology 302.2 Our Violent Planet and Atmosphere

Meteorology 302.2 Our Violent Planet and Atmosphere. Fall 2007 Monday 6:00 PM - 8:50 PM Thornton 604 Instructor: Woody Whitlatch Roll Call and Class Adds. Meteorology 302. Part of Our Violent Planet Series It’s important to distinguish the difference between climate and weather …

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Meteorology 302.2 Our Violent Planet and Atmosphere

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  1. Meteorology 302.2Our Violent Planet and Atmosphere • Fall 2007 • Monday 6:00 PM - 8:50 PM • Thornton 604 • Instructor: Woody Whitlatch • Roll Call and Class Adds

  2. Meteorology 302 • Part of Our Violent Planet Series • It’s important to distinguish the difference between climate and weather… • Climate is what you expect • Weather is what you get • Sometimes what we get disrupts daily life, causes damage to property, and may result in injury and death

  3. Meteorology 302 • Part of Our Violent Planet Series • Climate is what you expect; Weather is what you get • Sometimes what we get disrupts daily life, causes damage to property, and may result in injury and death • What We’ll Cover: • Fundamentals of Meteorology • Causes for development of violent weather • Specific types of violent weather including severe storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, El Nino/La Nina • Global warming • No Prior Knowledge of Math or Meteorology • (one exception…add/subtract/multiply/divide)

  4. Meteorology 302 • Part of Our Violent Planet Series • Climate is what you expect; Weather is what you get • Sometimes what we get disrupts daily life, causes damage to property, and may result in injury and death • What We’ll Cover: • Fundamentals of Meteorology • Causes for development of violent weather • Specific types of Violent weather including severe storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, cold wave, heat waves • Consequences of violent weather • No Prior Knowledge of Math or Meteorology • Text: Severe and Hazardous Weather • Rauber, Walsh and Charlevoix, 2nd edition (not lab book) • Internet Access Essential • Review Syllabus

  5. Woody Whitlatch, Lecturer • BA Political Science, Belmont Abbey College, NC - 1970 • BS Meteorology, San Jose State – 1980 • MS Meteorology, San Jose State - 1990 • PG&E Meteorology Services group since 1978 • Lead Forecaster • CPUC Testimony on climate zones • Field data project manager • Diablo Canyon Emergency Response Team • Developed Storm Emergency Response System • Developed probability forecasting products • Published and presented papers on weather effects on various utility issues

  6. Woody Whitlatch, Lecturer • Email: woodyw@sfsu.edu • Office: Room 609 • Office Hours: Monday 5-6PM • Phone: (925) 699-2122

  7. Student Introductions • Name • Major • Where you grew up • Places you have lived • Any severe weather you have experienced

  8. A Few Random Questions • If someone says its 10 C outside … what do you think it is in F • 30 50 70 90 • Which causes the most deaths per year in the US (based on 1993-2003 statistics) • Tornadoes Heat Waves Lightning Hurricanes Floods

  9. Homework Due Mon, Sep 10 Global Warming Paper (2 pages; 40 pts) Guidelines Based on the movie the Inconvenient Truth Movie and any other information you may find, write a short paper (two pages, double spaced, 12 pt font,) : ·        Your personal feelings about global warming before today (10 points) ·        Discuss two of the claims presented in the movie (see next slide;10 points each) ·        Discuss if the movie influenced your opinion on global warming (10 pts) Note: there are no wrong or right answers to these question, grades are based on your answering all the above questions in an understandable manner

  10. Pick two claims from the movie Inconvenient Truth and discuss them • Claim: Heat waves will be more frequent and more intense as temperatures rise. • Claim: Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years to 300,000 people a year. • Claim: More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction in just half a century as a result of global warming. • Claim: Global warming will also cause the introduction of new, invasive species. • Claim: Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet (6 meters) with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide. • Claim: The Arctic Ocean could be ice-free in summer by 2050. • ALSO: Read Chapter 1

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