Exercises for Weather & Climate

Greg Carbone is Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin. He has worked on a number of funded research projects, and his areas of research include climate variability and change, climate impacts, and the use of climate information in the decision making of the water resource community. He regularly teaches introductory and advanced meteorology and climatology courses.

1. Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere
2. Earth-Sun Geometry
3. The Surface Energy Budget
4. The Global Energy Budget
5. Atmospheric Moisture
6. Saturation and Atmospheric Stability
7. Cloud Droplets and Raindrops
8. Atmospheric Motion
9. Weather Map Analysis
10. Mid-Latitude Cyclones
11. Forecasting
12. Thunderstorms and Tornadoes(
13. Hurricanes
14. Climate Controls
15. Climate Classification
16. Climatic Variability and Change
17. Simulating Climatic Change

Appendix A: Dimensions and Units
Appendix B: Earth Measures
Appendix C: GeoClock
Appendix D: Weather Symbols