ATM 305 Homework Assignments

Problem Set #1 (Due: Tuesday, 22 September 2009)

• ESRL/PSD Interactive Map Link: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/data/getpage.pl
• Daily Composite Maps (Question 1): http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/data/composites/day/
• Monthly/Seasonal Mean Composites (Questions 2 and 4): http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/data/composites/printpage.pl

Problem Set #2 (Due: Thursday, 1 October 2009)

Problem Set #3 (Due: Thursday, 15 October 2009)

Useful Links for Completing this Problem Set:

• 1. High Plains Regional Climate Center
• 2. PRISM Precipitation Maps
• 3. US Comparitive Climate Data from Cornell's NE Regional Climate Center
• 4. US Climate Division Dataset Mapping

Problem Set #4 (Due: Tuesday, 3 November 2009)

Useful Links for Completing this Problem Set:

• NCDC Climatology for Southwest Asia including Afghanistan and Iraq
• Regional Climate Maps (see Middle East link near bottom)
• Global Precipitation Timeseries
• Global Temperature Timeseries
• Regional Climate Info
• University of Texas at Austin Afghanistan Maps
• This site isn't currently working (Monday afternoon): ESRL/PSD NCEP Reanalysis Composite Map Tool
• Try this site instead: Seasonal Composites

Problem Set #5 (Due: Friday, 13 November 2009 by NOON)

Data Necessary to Complete this Problem Set:

• One file containing all data in Excel (.xls) format: Click Here
• To download the data for each question in plain text format: Question 1 Data, Question 2 Data, Question 3 Data


• Solution Files: Full Solution, Question 1 Graph, Question 2 Graphs, Question 3 Graph