# AATM 320: Atmospheric Thermodynamics

## About

This is the home page for the Fall 2023 edition of the course AATM 320: Atmospheric Thermodynamics.

This is a required junior-level course in the [Atmospheric Science BS](https://www.albany.edu/daes/programs/bs-atmospheric-science) offered by the [Department of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences](https://www.albany.edu/daes) at the [University at Albany](https://www.albany.edu).


The instructor (and author of these pages) is [Brian Rose](https://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/brose/).

## Essential course details

Meeting time:
: Monday / Wednesday / Friday 10:35 - 11:30 AM in ETEC 480

Instructor:
: [Brian Rose](https://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/brose/)
: email: brose -at- albany.edu 
: office: ETEC 425
: office hourse: Mondays, 2 - 3 pm and Tuesdays, 1:30 - 2:30 pm (or by appointment)

Teaching Assistant:
: **Peter Ansah**
: email: pansah -at- albany.edu
: office: ETEC 406
: office hours: Tuesdays 3 - 4 pm and Thursdays 9:30 - 10:30 am

## How to use this site

Our course in Fall 2023 closely follows the book [_A First Course in Atmospheric Thermodynamics_ by Grant W. Petty, Sundog Publishing, 2008](https://sundogpublishingstore.myshopify.com/products/a-first-course-in-atmospheric-thermodynamics-g-w-petty). Material on this site is meant to serve as companion material to our lectures and readings from Petty's book.