MOUNTAIN CLIMATOLOGY

GEOG 4331/5331 SPRING 2005
Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:15 p.m. Guggenheim 206
Office Hours: Guggenheim 204: 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. T, Th; RL2 by appointment
303-492-5488; rbarry@kyros.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, Long Waves and Synoptic Scale
Week 5b - Lee Waves
Week 6a - Fall Winds
Week 6b - Thermally-Induced Winds
Week 7a - Review - Mid-Term
Week 7b - Topoclimate - Factors
Week 8a - Topography - Radiation
Week 8b - Energy Budget Components
Week 9a - Clouds
Week 9b - Orographic Precipitation
Week 10a - Precipitation Measurements and Problems
Week 10b - Snowfall/Snowcover
Week 11a - Evaporation/Sublimation
Week 11b - Mt. Weather Hazards
Week 12a - Indigenous Populations
Week 12b - Pollution
Week 13a - Regional Examples: Tropical
Week 13b - Himalaya - Tibet
Midterm Review 04-05
Week 14a - The Mountain Snowpack
Week 15a - Mid Latitudes - North America
Week 15b - Mid Latitudes (2)- Alps - Scotland
Week 16a - Changes in Mountain Climates
Final Review 04-05