Welcome to AOSC200: Weather and Climate Discussion Sections 0101 & 0102 TA: Agniv Sengupta

About your TA Office hours: Fri 2:00-3:00pm in ATL3416, or by appointment. Email: agnivs@umd.edu

Welcome Please introduce yourself: name, program of study, and, any one notable weather event you experienced (exciting/terrifying)

About this Course AOSC200 Main course webpage: https://www.aosc.umd.edu/~tcanty/aosc200/ Past quizzes, exams, etc will be posted on ELMS Overall breakdown of grades: Admission Tickets 5% Topic of the day 10% Quizzes 20% Projects 20% Mid-Term 20% Final 25%

About the Discussion session We will review course material & discuss group projects All you need to know about the discussion is on my webpage: https://www.aosc.umd.edu/~asengupta/AOSC200/ I do NOT take attendance, but participation in discussion will affect your grade. For missed discussions, please refer my webpage for in-class presentations and other useful documents. BRING QUESTIONS (or email them to me).

What to expect from discussion… I’ll usually start the discussion by reviewing lecture material After ~30-35 minutes, I’ll let groups get together to discuss their projects On presentation days, there will only be presentations (no review) Do you need to attend discussion? I would recommend it  Students tend to do better in the class when they attend discussion Attendance is important for group discussions  your group will review each team member Attendance on presentation days is important  there will be a classwork component that is added to your project grade

Weather and Climate Weather: Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a specific place over shorter time periods. There are many things we can measure to determine weather, for example, precipitation, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, etc. Climate: The slowly varying aspects of the atmosphere– hydrosphere–land surface system

Questions ? [7]