GEOG 4331 / 5331
Mountain Climatology
Spring 2007
Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:15 pm Hellems 255
Roger G. Barry CIRES/Geography, phone 492-5488
Office - 1540 30th St., Research Lab. 2 Room 203
e-mail: rbarry@kryos.colorado.edu
Office Hours: Guggenheim 203: 1:30-2:00 pm T, Th; RL2 by appointment
| Structure | The course will survey research on alttitudinal and topographic effects on weather and climate in mountain areas and discuss mountain climate characteristics in several different regions. A basic weather/climate college background course is required. |
| Grading | 4331 : Mid-terms I & II 25%, Final 50% |
| 5331: Mid-terms I & II 20%, Final 30%, Paper 30%. | |
| Text: | R.G. Barry, 1992 Mountain Weather and Climate, (2nd edn. Paperback) Routledge |
DATES MAJOR TOPICS
| 16 Jan. | INTRODUCTION: Scale considerations; physical characteristics of mountains. |
| 18 Jan. | CLIMATIC OBSERVATIONS |
| 23 Jan. | CLIMATE FACTORS |
| 25 Jan. - 6 Feb. | ALTITUDE EFFECTS: Pressure, water vapor, radiation components, temperature, wind. |
| 8 - 20 Feb. | OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS: Airflow-lee waves and larger-scale effects, dynamically-forced winds, thermal wind systems |
| 22 Feb. | Review |
| 27 Feb. | MID-TERM EXAM I [5331 PROJECT PAPER ABSTRACTS DUE] |
| 1 - 20 Mar. | CLIMATIC CHARACTERISTICS: Topo & Micro Climate, Slope & aspect effects, Energy budget & temperature, Cloud regimes, Precipitation, Moisture budget. |
| 27 - 29 Mar. | Spring Break |
| 3 - 5 Apr. | BIOCLIMATOLOGY: (altitude and cold) |
| 10 - 17Apr. | REGIONAL CASE STUDIES: Equatorial, tropical, and mid-latitudes. |
| 19 Apr. | MID TERM EXAM II |
| 24 Apr. | CLIMATE CHANGE IN MOUNTAIN AREAS: |
| 26 Apr. | PROJECT REPORT PRESENTATIONS (5331): |
| 1 May | Review |
| 3 May | No Class |
| 5 May (Sat.) | FINAL EXAM: 10:30am - 1:00 p.m. |