ATM 525: In-Class Handouts and Slides Page


In-class assignments, handouts, and slides will be posted here
Dates PDF If Due, When?
28-30 Aug Intro to the Stratosphere Slides
7-12 Sept Stratospheric Chemistry: Ozone - Part 1 Slides
12-14 Sept Stratospheric Chemistry: Catalytic Ozone Loss - Part 2 Slides
12 Sept Homework 1 21 Sept
10-19 Oct Intro to Atmospheric Wave Dynamics Slides
17 Oct Homework 2 31 Oct
31 Oct-12 Nov Transformed Eularian Mean Perspective Slides
31 Oct Homework 3 14 Nov
14 Nov Sudden Stratospheric Warming Slides
16 Nov Homework 4 5 Dec
16-28 Nov Quasibiennial Oscillation (QBO) Slides
28 Nov QBO Handout
5 Dec Stratospheric Influences on the Extratropical Troposphere Slides




A short list of potential papers for discussion (feel free to find relevant papers not on this list!)

Paper Discussion Schedule
Dates Discussion Leader Paper
Th 12 Oct Andrea Haynes, P., 2005: Stratospheric Dynamics. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 37:1, 263-293.
doi: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.37.061903.175710
Th 26 Oct Paul Kidston, J., A. A. Scaife, S. C. Hardiman, D. M. Mitchell, N. Butchart, M. P. Baldwin and L. J. Gray, 2015: Stratospheric influence on tropospheric jet streams, storm tracks and surface weather. Nature Geoscience 8, 433-440. doi:10.1038/ngeo2424
Tu 31 Oct Chris Garfinkel, C. I., D. L. Hartmann, and F. Sassi, 2010: Tropospheric precursors of anomalous Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortices. J. Climate, 23, 3282-3299. doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3010.1
Tu 7 Nov Kaitlyn Son, S., Y. Lim, C. Yoo, H.H. Hendon, and J. Kim, 2017: Stratospheric Control of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 30, 1909–1922.
doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0620.1
Th 9 Nov Marshall Martius, O., L. M. Polvani, and H. C. Davies, 2009: Blocking pre-cursors to stratospheric sudden warming events. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L14806.
doi: 10.1029/2009GL038776
Tu 14 Nov Hing Plumb, R. A., 1977: Interaction of two internal waves with the mean flow, implications for the theory of the quasi-biennial oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1847-1858.
doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1977)034<1847:TIOTIW>2.0.CO;2
Th 16 Nov Eli Cohen, J., M. Barlow, P. J. Kushner, and K. Saito, 2007: Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling and Links with Eurasian Land Surface Variability. J. Climate, 20, 5335-5343
doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI1725.1
Tu 21 Nov Matthew Previdi, M. and Polvani, L. M. (2014), Climate system response to stratospheric ozone depletion and recovery. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 140: 2401–2419.
doi:10.1002/qj.2330
*Tu 28 Nov*
new date		 Eric Polvani, L. M., and D. W. Waugh, 2004: Upward wave activity flux as precursor to extreme stratospheric events and subsequent anomalous surface weather regimes. J. Climate, 17, 3548-3554.
doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017
Tu 5 Dec Tomer Ho, C.-H., H.-S. Kim, J.-H. Jeong, and S.-W. Son (2009), Influence of stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation on tropical cyclone tracks in the western North Pacific, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06702
doi:10.1029/2009GL037163