Overview: You will give a 30 minute presentation (talk for 20 minutes and 10 minutes for questions and discussion) on a scientific topic. In addition, you will write a 5 page paper (including references and figures) or a web document that parallels your talk.
Objective: The point of this seemingly short paper is to give you experience distilling your thoughts/knowledge. It is easier to write 10 rambling pages than writing 5 really focussed pages. Concise, clear text (with interesting content) is highly appreciated by everyone.
The presentation may seem short but typical conference talks range from 12-17 minutes. It is important to gain experience getting your message across clearly in a short amount of time. You have 20 minutes, so do not waste any of it!
Important Dates: December 15, 2000, Five page paper due, though I would prefer it sooner . If you decide to make a web document instead of a paper I want it by December 12th.
Presentation Schedule and titles
Mon December 4th
1) Marc Smeets - Ozone Depletion over the Antarctic
2) Jim Long MM5 - Model Near-Real-Time Alaska Weather Forecast and Verification System
Wed December 6th
1) Tatiana Sazonova - Milankovitch Theory and Temperature fields in Permafrost
2) Ken Papp - Seasonal Variation in Ash Plume Movement
Fri December 8th
1) Justin Breese ' Carbon Cycle'
Mon December 11th
1) Walter (JR) Wilcox -Terraforming and Planetary Chemistry
2) Anthony Arendt - Relationship between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and Glacier Mass Balance in Alaska
Wed December 13th
1) Cliff Cole - Stroking the Trope
2) Anna Goddhun -Overview of Organochlorines in the Arctic Atmosphere
Grading: The presentation is 2/3 of your project grade (or 20% of your total grade), so make it good and the paper is 1/3 of the project grade (or 10% of your total grade).
Grading criteria: The talk will be judged for content (60%) as well as presentation (40%). A handout was provided on the mechanics of a good scientific presentation.
Key elements which should be included in your project (content evaluation of talk and paper):
• reading a minimum of 2-3 journal articles (minimum 6 references total - there are exceptions to this but come talk to me)
• incorporate ideas from class
• critical analysis
• logical development of ideas
Presentation evaluation:
Class members will fill out an evaluation sheet for each presentation. This will not impact your grade but will give you some feedback, which is always. Here is the evaluation sheet (pdf version).
The presentation evaluation will include questions like the following:
Paper/Web page evaluation:
The paper and web page content will be judged according to the points listed above.
The paper should be 5 pages plus figures and references. The paper will be judged on content
The web page should have a title page, a bibliography page, and 8-10 content pages. The web page should be aimed towards the undergraduates. The web page will be judged at follows: 85% on content and 15% on beauty. All material taken from the web MUST be referenced.
Here are some examples of excellent web pages prepared by Physics 211 students at UAF:
Note: Your pages should contain more content since these were prepared for the level of the general public.
To learn about making web pages visit this link - Web page spinup
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Instructor : Uma S. Bhatt, Room 408H IARC, University of
Alaska-Fairbanks
Office hours MW 3:30-4:30PM
Textbook(s)
Primary Texts
Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, J.M.Wallace and P. V. HobbsMeteorology Today: an introduction to weather, climate and the environment, C.D. Ahrens
Secondary Text
Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers, R.B. Stull
Additional books (will be on reserve in Mather Library)
Global Physical Climatology, D.L. HartmannBasic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences, P.V. Hobbs
Chemistry of Atmospheres, R.P. Wayne
Fundamentals of Atmospheric Physics, M.L. Salby
Week 1 Introduction, State of Atmosphere (8 Sept)
Week 2 State of the Atmosphere (11-15 Sept)
Week 3 Radiation (18-22 Sept)
Week 4 Radiation & Heat (25-29 Sept)
Week 5 Heat (2-6, Oct)
Week 6 Exam 1, Boundary Layers(9-13 Oct)
Week 7 Moisture (16-20 Oct)
Week 8 Stability (23-27 Oct)
Week 9 Stability & Cloud Formation (30-3, Oct-Nov)
Week 10 Cloud Formation & Precipitation(6-10 Nov)
Week 11 Exam 2, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (13-17 Nov)
Week 12 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics(20- 22 Nov)
Week 13 Special Topics (27-1 Nov-Dec)
Week 14 Class Presentations (4-8 Dec)
Week 15 Class Presentations & more Special Topics (Test of Social Skills) (11-15 Dec)
Grading
(Graduates)
Homework 25%
Exams 1-2 45%
Project 30%
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