Week 1:  Composition & Structure of the Earth's Atmosphere

• Gaseous Constituents
  
• Shells & Layers;  Temperature Profile
  
• cgs and mks units;  Formulas & Conversions
  
• Atmospheric Variables & Measurements
  

• Climatological Wind & Pressure Belts
  
• Global Energy Balance
  
• Jet Stream Wave Instability
  

• Types of Fronts & Air Masses
  
• Weather Systems & Cyclone Instability
  
• Fronts & Severe Weather
  
• Scales of Motion
  

• Newton's Laws of Motion
  
• Forms of Heat Transfer
  
• Introduction to Thermal Convection
  
• Lapse Rates, Instability & Cloud Development
  

• Types of Thunderstorms
  
• Statistics & Climatology
  
• Formation, Stages & Characteristics
  
• Electricity in Thunderstorms
  
• Hail Formation
  

• Definition & Criteria
  
• Right-Moving Stage;  Bernoulli Equation
  
• Conditions for Development
  

• Conventional & Doppler Radar
  
• Thunderstorm Hazards;  Airport Operations
  
• Flash Floods
  
• Economic Losses
  

• Review of Material;  Questions & Answers
  
• Exam, Results & Analysis