Department of Earth Sciences

GEOG 1010 

Weather and Climate

LINKS

• Textbook website (view animations and take on on-line trial exam) (Lutgens and Tarbuck, 2007)

• Latest observations from the TTU Earth Sciences weather station (mounted on the roof of Kittrell Hall)

• Latest NWS Nashville Radar image

• Learn about careers in climatology and meteorology

• National Severe Storms Laboratory Norman, OK

• National Hurricane Center Miami, FL

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

WEATHER and CLIMATE is an introduction to the processes that govern everyday weather as well as the patterns produced by long-term climate.  Topics covered in the course include the following:

• Earth-Sun relationships (Solstices and Equinoxes)

• Temperature patterns

• Atmospheric pressure and winds

• Precipitation processes

• Thunderstorms

• Tornadoes

• Hurricanes

• Global climate change

Temperature inversion, Smoky Mountains, view is looking south from Clingmans Dome