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Information on Thursday's oral exam is to be found here

Lecture notes for the Koren et al. (2008) paper can be downloaded here

Supplemental material for the Koren et al. (2008) paper can be downloaded here

This year's journal article is on two competing influences of smoke from forest fires on convective clouds in the Amazonas. The paper can be downloaded here: Koren et al. (2008)

Exercises for Monday 4 May: 13.1 and 13.5. For 13.1c) assume an average air density of 0.7 kg/m^3. For 13.5 equation 9.8 might help in addition to the equations found in chapter 13. You may also assume that the hailstone is as dense as solid ice. Good luck!

Exercises for Friday 24 April: 10.2, 12.1, 12.5

Exercises for Friday 17 April: 9.3, 10.1, 10.2

Results from yesterday's mid-term exam can be found here

Solutions to problems 8 and 9 in yesterday's mid-term exam can be downloaded here

Solutions to the multiple-choice part of today's mid-term exam: 1d, 2e, 3d, 4a, 5b, 6c, 7c.

Here are the correct answers to the 'multiple choice part' of the mid-term exams from previous years: 2004: 1c, 2e, 3b, 4c, 5b, 6e, 7a, 8c, 9e; 2005: 1b, 2d, 3d, 4c, 5a, 6e, 7c, 8a; 2006: 1d, 2a, 3c, 4d, 5c, 6c, 7e, 8d; 2008: 1a, 2e, 3d, 4c, 5a, 6b, 7d.

The mid-term exam will cover Chapters 4-10 in the textbook. The results will count 1/3 of the final grade.

Mid-term exams from previous years can be downloaded here: 2004 ; 2005 ; 2006 ; 2008 . Note that they are only available in Norwegian. This year's midterm exam (on 31 March) will be given in English and Norwegian.

Exercises for Friday 13 March: 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 and 9.1. NB! The group will be held at 9.15 instead of at 10.15. On Monday 16 March we will go through an old midterm exam.

The paper by Sir John Mason on ice crystals can be downloaded here

The final oral examination will be held on Thursday 28 May!

Exercises for Friday 6 March: 7.5, 8.1 and 8.3

Exercises for Friday 27 February: 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4

Exercises for Friday 20 February: 6.4, 6.8, 6.10 and 7.1

Exercises for Friday 13th: 4.5, 5.1, 5.4, 6.3 and 6.9 NB! Answers given for 5.1 c) and d) and 5.4 are misleading.

Group colloquia will start Friday 6 February. Exercises from the text book: 3.6, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5. Active participation from all of you is expected! Please prepare well!

The following textbook will be used: R. R. Rogers & M. K. Yau: A Short Course in Cloud Physics, Third Edition, 1989. Pergamon Press. ISBN 0-08-034863-7. For some reason Akademika seem to have problems providing this book. Therefore the easiest and cheapest way to buy the book is to order it via amazon.com

The first lecture will be given today in group room 7 in 澳门葡京手机版app下载sparken at 10:15-12:00. See you there!