| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes |
| 8/27, Tu | NO CLASS (Justin at conference) | |
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| 8/29, Th | NO CLASS (Justin at conference) | |
Assesment survey due |
| 9/3, Tu | NO CLASS (Justin at conference) | |
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| 9/5, Th | NO CLASS (Justin at conference) | |
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| 9/10, Tu | Overview and introduction Governing equations |
sec. 1.1 (Markowski & Richardson); sec. 1 (Y. Lin) |
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| 9/12, Th | Governing equations and approximations | sec. 1.2, 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.3 (MR); sec 2.1-2.3 (YL); sec. 1-2 (Holton) |
Hwk. #1 out |
| 9/17, Tu | Boussinesq approximation Effects of moisture |
sec. 2.1.2 (MR); sec. 3.5 (Wallace and Hobbs) |
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| 1-2pm 9/18, W, ES 232 | Effects of moisture |
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| 9/19, Th | Pressure perturbations | sec. 2.5 (MR) |
Hwk. #1 due |
| 1-2pm 9/23, M, ES 232 | Pressure perturbations | sec. 2.5 (MR) | |
| 9/24, Tu | Mesoscale waves: Introduction Analytical techniques |
sec. 6.1-6.3 (MR) sec. 5.1-5.3 (Holton) sec. 3.1-3.2, 3.5 (YL) |
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| 9/26, Th | Internal gravity waves | Sec. 6.2 (MR) sec. 5.4 (Holton) sec. 3.5 (YL) |
Hwk. #2 out |
| 10/1, Tu | Internal gravity waves | ||
| 10/3, Th | Internal gravity waves Mesoscale instabilities: Static instability |
Sec. 2.6, 3.1 (MR) sec. 2.7.3,5.5, 7.1 (Holton) sec. 3.6, 7.1-7.3 (YL) |
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| 1-2pm 10/7, M, ES 232 | Intertia-gravity waves Mesoscale instabilities: inertial instability symmetric instability |
Sec. 3.2-3.4 (MR) Sec. 9.3 (Holton) Sec. 7.5-7.6 (YL) |
Hwk. #2 due Hwk. #3 out |
| 10/8, Tu | Mesoscale instabilities: static instability shear instability KH instability |
Sec. 3.5 (MR) Sec. 7.4 (YL) |
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| 10/10, Th | Banded precipitation: Intro Frontal dynamics |
Sec. 5.1 (MR) Sec. 9.2 (Holton) Sec. 10.1-10.4 (YL) |
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| 10/15, Tu | NO CLASS (Fall break) | |
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| 1-2pm 10/16, W, ES 232 | Banded precipitation: Frontal dynamics |
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| 10/17, Th | Banded precipitation: Conditional symmetric instability Potential instability Ducted gravity waves |
Sec. 6.3-6.5 (MR) |
Hwk. #3 due |
| 10/22, Tu | Banded precipitation: Ducted gravity waves |
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Hwk. #4 out |
| 1-2pm 10/23, W, ES 232 | Convective initiation Thermally driven mesoscale PBL circulations |
Sec. 4.1-4.4, 5.4, 6.6, 7, 11.1-11.2 (MR) |
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| 10/24, Th | Deep moist convection: Downdrafts & density currents |
sec. 5.3, 10.2.1 (MR) |
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| 10/29, Tu | Deep moist convection: Hodographs Organization of isolated convection |
sec. 2.7, 8.1-8.4.2 (MR) |
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| 10/31, Th | Deep moist convection: RKW theory |
sec. 9.3 (MR) |
Hwk #4 due Email discussion paper to Justin |
| 11/5, Tu | Deep moist convection: Supercell dynamics |
sec. 8.4.3-8.4.5 |
Hwk #5 out |
| 11/7, Th | Flow over topography: 2D mountain waves |
Sec. 12.1-12.2 (MR) Sec. 5.1-5.2, 5.4 (YL) |
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| 11/12, Tu | Flow over topography: 3D mountain waves Blocking |
Sec. 12.2-12.3, 13.1-13.3 |
Hwk #6 (bonus) out |
| 11/14, Th | Flow over topography: Orographic precipitation |
Houze (2012) |
Hwk #5 due |
| 11/19, Tu | Paper discussions: Stutsrim, Tomoff |
Corfidi (2003) Yang et al. (2019) |
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| 11/21, Th | Paper discussions: Card, Zhou |
Wang (2008; skip sec. 5) Molinari and Vollaro (2014) |
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| 11/26, Tu | Paper discussions: El Riachy, Seymour |
Minder et al. (2011) Bell and Bosart (1988) |
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| 11/28, Th | NO CLASS (Thanksgiving break) | |
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| 12/3, Tu | Paper discussions: Rivera, Leicht |
Ramsey and Leslie (2008) Martin et al. (2019) |
Hwk #6 (bonus) due Take-home final posted |
| 12/5, Th (start at 1pm) | Paper discussions: Cai, Main, Mitchell |
Cary et al. (2015; skip appendices) Sherburn and Parker (2014) Rydbeck et al. (2017) |
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| 12/17, Tu (5pm) | Take-home final due | ||
MR=Markowski and Richardson: Mesoscale Meteorology in the Midlatitudes (2010)
Holton= Holton & Hakim: Intro. to Atmos. Science (5th Ed.): 2013
YL= Lin: Mesoscale Dynamics: 2007