ATOC 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sulfur Dioxide, Outgassing, Soot

• School: McGill University
• Department: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
• Course: ATOC 181
• Professor: Andreas Zuend

Document Summary

Environment canada (ec)"s weather at a glance (http://www. weatheroffice. gc. ca/jet_stream/index_e. html); Us national center for environmental prediction (ncep) (http://www. hpc. ncep. noaa. gov/html/sfc2. shtml); Atmospheric science and weather research ain"t exclusively weather forecasting as on the news! 1) urban air pollution -- beijing (jan 13, 2013); 2) organic aerosol formation & partitioning (particle formation). - definitions: meteorology: study of the atmosphere, weather: - atmospheric conditions/state at a single instant, or averaged over short time periods (days to weeks), climate: - result of weather averaged over a specified time period; Mean conditions (of the atmosphere / earth system) over longer time scales (months to years); 1) seasonal changes in expected average temperature: winter in qu bec, climatology: study of the climate, its controls and variability. Meteoros = high in the air = any particles in the air; - meteorological tools (genuine science with weather instruments) 1950s computers for weather forecasts -- key tool; 1960 1st weather satellite (many others to follow);