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Observing Meteorological Phenomena

Who can be so illiterate as a meteorologist who cannot read the sky.         A.B.F.

 

This material is presented in support of the course, Observing Meteorological Phenomena (Obs), taught in the Department of Meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University. The instructional material (under development) will become available through a link below.

What is presented here is merely supporting material of use either to prospective students who are making a decision as to whether to take the course, or to enrolled students who are wrestling with the need to complete assignments.

Depending upon the semester, the Obs course might be taught by different professors. Although some of this material might be of use to those attending versions of the course taught by other professors, it is designed specifically to support the students attending the classes offered by Professor Fraser. These resources are being used by Professor Fraser during the Spring 2001 semester.

C O U R S E

B a c k g r o u n d

D e s c r i p t i o n: generalities about content and style.

O b j e c t i v e s: success will be measured by these standards.

S y l l a b u s: a menu of meteorological miscellanea.

R e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s

P a r t i c i p a t i o n: students must be more than sponges.

A s s i g n m e n t s: by these deeds are you measured.

E v a l u a t i o n: yes, but for what is he really looking?

R e f e r e n c e s

M e t e o r o l o g y: interpreting the phenomena.

HTML: create a HyperText-Markup-Language document.

E n g l i s h: write expository essays.

V i s u l a i z a t i o n: build diagrams and animations.

I n t e r a c t i o n

Q u i z z e s: try your hand.

S t u d e n t s: the sine qua non of academe.

I n s t r u c t i o n

M e t e o O b s: This is the primary source for the instructional resources used by Professor Fraser in the classroom.

M e t e o O b s: This is a secondary source for the instructional resources. This mirror site will run on an EMS server for the convenience of students during those semesters in which Professor Fraser is teaching the course. It will provide higher speed access.

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