Course Information:

Course Name:   ATM 401/501: Synoptic Laboratory II
Meeting Info:   ES 333, Tuesday/Thursday 4:15 - 5:35 pm

Instructor:   Dr. Lance Bosart
Room:   ES 227
E-Mail:   lbosart "at" albany.edu
Phone:   (518) 442-4564
Office Hours:   T/Th 1:30 - 3:00 pm, by appointment, or open door.

TA:   Marshall Pfahler
Room:   ES 234
E-Mail:   mpfahler "at" albany.edu
Phone:   (419) 569-5453
Office Hours:   M/W 1:00 - 2:30 pm, by appointment, or open door.

Course Objective:

Provide a capstone class for graduating atmospheric science majors that applies the fundamental theoretical principles of synoptic-dynamic meteorology to the real atmosphere through a discussion of ensemble weather forecasting, an application of QG principles and PV thinking to weather and forecasting, a multiscale analysis of the atmosphere from the large scale to the mesoscale, and a real-time severe weather and quantitative precipitation forecasting exercise.


Items of Interest:


ECMWF Newsletters & Feature Articles:


SPC Resources:

    SPC Forecasting Tools (Link)
       Contains:
         Upper-Air Maps
         Observed Sounding Analysis
         Sounding Climatology
         Mesoscale Graphics
         High Resolution Rapid Refresh Model (HRRR)
         High Resolution Ensemble Forecast version 2 (HREFv2)
         Short-Range Ensemble Forecast (SREF)
         Short-Range Ensemble Plumes
         Fire Weather Composite Maps
         CompMap