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Department of Atmospheric Sciences

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8/25, 27 Introduction and syllabus, Chapter 1 Course Introduction ppt pdf

8/29, 9/3 Chapter 2 EM theory and radar beam propagation ppt pdf

9/3, 5 Chapter 3 Radar characteristics ppt pdf, HW #1

9/8 Chapter 4 Radar displays ppt pdf

9/12 Radar resources on the web and in the department

9/15, 17 Chapter 5 Radar equation ppt pdf

9/19 Chapter 6 Radar equation for weather radars pdf ppt

9/21, 23, 26 Chapter 7 The relationship of Z to other quantities, HW #3 pdf ppt

9/29, 10/1 no class (Washington, DC)

10/3, 6 Chapter 8 Doppler radar pdf ppt

10/8 Chapter 9 Doppler velocity patterns pdf ppt

10/10 Review for midterm exam

10/13 Mid-term exam (50 minutes)

10/15, 17 no class (China), work on HW#3 during class time!

10/20, 22 Chapter 11 Velocity Azimuth Display (VAD) pdf ppt

10/24, 27 Chapter 12 Multiple Doppler retrieval pdf ppt

10/29 Processing airborne Doppler radar data pdf ppt

10/31 CSU-CHILL Radar virtual tour (with your host Pat Kennedy)

11/3 Chapter 13 Profilers pdf ppt

11/5, 7, 10, 12 Chapter 15 Polarization radars pdf ppt

11/12, 14 Quality control of radar data using polarization radar pdf ppt

11/17 Assignment of final project, Hail detection using polarimetric radar pdf ppt , WSR-88D Algorithms pdf ppt

11/19 Attenuation pdf ppt

11/22 Assignment of HW#5, Chapter 16 Spaceborne precipitation and cloud radars pdf ppt

11/24, 26, 28 Thanksgiving break

12/1 Chapter 16 Spaceborne precipitation and cloud radars, continued

12/3 Chapter 10 Assignment of HW#6, Radar application Tornadogenesis

12/5 Chapter 18 Radar application Lake Effect Snow pdf ppt

12/8 Class presentations I

12/10 Class presentations II

Final Exam (800-1100 AM, Friday, December 19)

See note about final exam.