MOUNTAIN CLIMATOLOGY

GEOG 4331/5331 SPRING 2007
Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:15 p.m. Hellems 255
Office Hours: Guggenheim 203: 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. T, Th; RL2 by appointment
303-492-5488; rbarry@kryos.colorado.edu


Notes and Slides

Personal Publications by Roger Barry

Course Material Listed by Week

Week 1a - Introduction
Week 1b - Weather Observations
Week 2a - Climate Factors
Week 2b - State Variables
Week 3a - Solar Radiation
Week 3b - U-V and Net Radiation
Week 4a - Temperature Altitude
Week 4b - Winds
Week 5a - Orography and Long Waves
Week 5b - Synoptic Scale
Week 6a - Lee Waves
Week 6b - Fall Winds
Week 7a - Thermally-Induced Winds
Week 7b - Mountain and Valley Winds
Week 8a - Topoclimate
Week 8b - Topography - Radiation
Week 9a - Energy Budget Components
Week 9b - Clouds
Week 10a - Precipitation Measurements and Problems
Week 10b - Orographic Precipitation
Week 12a - Snowfall/Snowcover & Evaporation/Sublimation
Week 12b - Human Bioclimatology
Week 13a - Regional Examples: Equatorial - Tropical
Week 13b - Himalaya - Tibet
Week 14a - Mid Latitudes - North America
Week 15a - Changes in Mountain Climates