# Class schedule

Here you can find the subject matter and assigned reading for every class day as well as expected homework dates.

**Please check back here frequently** as the schedule is subject to change.

The class meets **every Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:35 - 11:30 AM** in **ETEC 480**.

The course outline closely follows the chapters in 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)


```{list-table} Class schedule
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* - Date (2023)
  - Class No.
  - Topic
  - Notes
* - 8/21
  - 0
  - Course overview
  -
* - 8/23
  - 1
  - Math review; Physical Problem Solving
  - Appendix C response due
* - 8/25
  - 2
  - Physical Problem Solving; Pressure and hydrostatic balance
  - Appendix B response due
* - 8/28
  - 3
  - Atmospheric Composition
  - Chapter 1 response due; [Assignment 1](assignments/assignment1) handed out
* - 8/30
  - 4
  - Temperature and observed temperature profiles
  - Chapter 2 response due
* - 9/1
  - 5
  - Thermodynamic systems and variables
  -
* - 9/4
  - 
  - 
  - **NO CLASS** (Labor Day)
* - 9/6
  - 6
  - Example problem 2.3, review of integrating separable equations
  - Chapter 3 response due; [Assignment 1](assignments/assignment1) due
* - 9/8
  - 7
  - Equation of state
  - [Assignment 2](assignments/assignment2) handed out
* - 9/11
  - 8
  - Equation of state for water vapor
  - 
* - 9/13
  - 9
  - Equation of state for moist air 
  -
* - 9/15
  - 10
  - Specific humidity and mixing ratio
  - [Assignment 2](assignments/assignment2) due; [Assignment 3](assignments/assignment3) handed out
* - 9/18
  - 11
  - Virtual temperature and buoyancy
  - 
* - 9/20
  - 12
  - Ideal gas expansion laboratory demo
  - Chapter 4 response due
* - 9/22
  - 13
  - Hydrostatic balance (a more careful look)
  - [Assignment 3](assignments/assignment3) due
* - 9/25
  - 14
  - Masses of air vs water columns; altitude dependence of g
  - 
* - 9/27
  - 15
  - Homework review
  -
* - 9/29
  - 16
  - **MIDTERM EXAM 1**
  -
* - 10/2
  - 17
  - Geopotential height, thickness, and the hypsometric equation
  -
* - 10/4
  - 18
  - Midterm solutions; applications of the hypsometric equation
  -
* - 10/6
  - 19
  - Idealized temperature and pressure profiles
  - [Assignment 4](assignments/assignment4) handed out
* - 10/9
  - 
  - 
  - **NO CLASS** (Fall break)
* - 10/11
  - 20
  - Standard Atmosphere and altimeter settings
  -
* - 10/13
  - 21
  - Pressure-Volume work
  - [Assignment 4](assignments/assignment4) due
* - 10/16
  - 22
  - The First Law of thermodynamics
  -
* - 10/18
  - 23
  - Adiabatic processes and potential temperature
  - [Assignment 5](assignments/assignment5) handed out
* - 10/20
  - 24
  - Homework solutions
  - 
* - 10/23
  - 25
  - Dry adiabatic lapse rate
  -
* - 10/25
  - 26
  - Enthalpy, cyclic processes and work on a Skew-T diagram
  - [Assignment 5](assignments/assignment5) due
* - 10/27
  - 27
  - Reversibility, entropy and the Second Law
  -
* - 10/30
  - 28
  - Water vapor saturation and dewpoints
  -
* - 11/1
  - 29
  - Midterm exam review
  -
* - 11/3
  - 30
  - **MIDTERM EXAM 2**
  -
* - 11/6
  - 31
  - Latent heat and example saturation problems
  -
* - 11/8
  - 32
  - The Clausius-Clapeyron Equation (introduction)
  - [Assignment 6](assignments/assignment6) handed out
* - 11/10
  - 33
  - The Clausius-Clapeyron Equation (details)
  -
* - 11/13
  - 34
  - Vapor lines and Lifting Condensation Level
  -
* - 11/15
  - 35
  - The Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate 
  - [Assignment 6](assignments/assignment6) due
* - 11/17
  - 36
  - Equivalent potential temperature, wet bulb temperature and applications
  - [Assignment 7](assignments/assignment7) handed out
* - 11/20
  - 37
  - Dry Static Stability
  -
* - 11/22
  - 
  - 
  - **NO CLASS** (Thanksgiving break)
* - 11/24
  - 
  - 
  - **NO CLASS** (Thanksgiving break)
* - 11/27
  - 38
  - Brunt-Väisäila frequency
  - [Assignment 7](assignments/assignment7) due
* - 11/29
  - 39
  - Conditional and potential instability
  -
* - 12/1
  - 40
  - CIN and CAPE
  -
* - 12/4
  - 41
  - Pre-exam review Q&A
  - **LAST DAY OF CLASSES**
```

**FINAL EXAM** Thursday December 7 10:30 am - 12:30 pm (per the [University exam calendar](https://livealbany.sharepoint.com/sites/web_registrar/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fweb%5Fregistrar%2FShared%20Documents%2FFinal%20Exams%2FFall%202023%20Final%20Exam%20Schedule%20for%20Web%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2Fweb%5Fregistrar%2FShared%20Documents%2FFinal%20Exams&p=true&ga=1))