Please see me if you miss an exam because of extenuating circumstances. Use some recent and some more established articles. Other nearby campuses, such as GW, have better scientific and atmospheric science libraries. An obviously important information source for this class is the WWW, where you can find daily weather maps, satellite images, and much atmospheric research. If you start searching the WWW for atmospheric sources early enough, you will find many and more recent studies than in any of our texts.
Attendance is of the utmost importance.
Unless you have a particular interest, concentrate on conceptually understanding atmospheric phenomena rather than memorizing each equation in the texts.