Fall Semester 2014 (class number: 8022)
Instructor: Prof. Brian Rose
Office: ES 315
Email: brose -at- albany.edu
Phone: (518) 442-4477
Office hours: Monday 1:30 - 2:30 pm and Wednesday 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Meeting time: Tuesday, Thursday 8:55 – 10:05 AM
Meeting place: ES 232
Teaching Assistant: Christine Bloecker
Office: ES 346
Email: cbloecker -at- albany.edu
Office hours: Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm and Wednesday 4:10 - 5:00 pm
Prerequisites: A ATM 211, A PHY 150/151, A MAT 214, A MAT 311 (corequisite)
Course description:
Equations and concepts that provide the basis for describing and understanding atmospheric motion systems on planetary and synoptic scales; review of mathematical concepts and tools; kinematics of horizontal flows; fundamental and apparent forces; basic conservation laws; elementary applications of the equations of motion.
Syllabus (in pdf format)
Course Outline (in pdf format)
Textbook:
An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology (5th Ed.) by Holton and Hakim.
This course will cover Chapters 1-3. Subsequent chapters will be covered in ATM 317 and other courses.
Errata for this book are found here: http://holton-hakim.blogspot.com
Two other very useful books:
Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics: a first course by Jonathan E. Martin (2006)
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: an introductory text by Marshall and Plumb (2007)
All three books are on reserve at the Science Library.
Final Exam:
Friday December 12, 3:30 - 5:30 pm in ES 232
Instructions for the final exam:
- Exam covers the entire course
- Bring a calculator
- Bring one formula sheet: a single sheet of letter-size paper (front and back)
- You write or draw anything you want on the formula sheet.