Handouts, Readings and Links
Check here throughout the term for various useful things.
You will need a password to access some of the readings. It will be given out in class.
Syllabus
Course outline
Review of Mathematical Tools, chapter 1 of Martin (2006): Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics
Some links for pressure and thickness analyses, associated with our discussion of hydrostatic balance and the hypsometric equation (week of September 16):
The surface pressure analysis comes from an experimental very-high resolution hourly forecast model that assimilates (among other things) radar data -- see http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/
Slides on the Coriolis force
from Tuesday October 21
Course summary and exam review
Tuesday December 9