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Climatology: Field Methods
GEOG 5231/4231 - Fall 2001
Professor Konrad Steffen
CIRES Ekeley Building, S264
Tel o: 492 4524; h: 494 6276
e-mail koni@seaice.colorado.edu
Lecture/Lab Thursday
1:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.; CIRES/CSES W240
Field Excursion
Two weekends incl. Friday
Oct., 26-28, Nov., 9-11 Nov., 2001 (tentative
dates)
There will be no class because of the long
field excursion the following weeks:
Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 1 – and maybe more
Office hours
Wednesday 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Prerequisite
GEOG 4211/5211, Physical Climatology: Principles
or other climate/met course
Required Text
Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology,
Roland B. Stull, Kluwer Academic
Grading
GEOG 4231: Lab reports (100%)
GEOG 5231: Lab reports (80%), and presentation
(20%)
Recommended
Calculus 1 and 2 (MATH 1310, 1320)
Physics (PHYS 1010, 1020)
Knowledge of computer language and statistics
Reading List
* The Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Cambridge
Atm. Space Scien. Series, J. G. Garratt, 1992.
* Solar and Terrestrial Radiation, Academic
Press, K. L. Coulson, 1975.
* Revised Instrumentation Manual on Radiation
Instruments and Measurements, C. Fröhlich and J. London, WMO/TD-No.149,
1986.
Course Outline
Physical Climatology, Field Methods will cover
the principles and the underlying theory for the energy flux exchange in
the lower boundary layer. Experimental climatological measurements
will be conducted with an emphasis on the experimental design of climate
measurements for radiative, turbulent, and ground heat fluxes. Each
student will have the opportunity to make measurements under real environmental
conditions and to become familiar with the relative and absolute accuracy
of field equipment. The course will expose students to data logger
programming (computer lab), instrument calibration (instrument lab), in
situ measurements (field work) and data analysis (home work). The
in situ measurements will be compared with measurements collected under
different climatic conditions such as the Arctic or arid areas. Lecture
and lab/field work will be on Thursday’s only, with three extended field
campaigns (Fri-Sun) in the Rocky Mountains and the eastern plains.
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