Thursday, January 23: Syllabus (PDF); Introduction to the tropics (PDF)

Tuesday, January 28: Energy and moisture in the tropics (PDF);

Thursday, January 30:

Tropical convection (PDF); MMZO sounding (GIF)

Tuesday, February 4: Large-scale circulations in convecting atmospheres (PDF)

Thursday, February 6: Lecture recording (Video)

Tuesday, February 11: Monsoon systems (PDF)

Tuesday, February 18: Kelvin waves (PDF)

Tuesday, February 25: Equatorial waves (PDF)

Thursday, February 27: Madden-Julian Oscillation (PDF)

Thursday, March 6: MJO monitoring & midlatitude impacts (PDF)

Tuesday, March 25: TC development conditions and basic structure (PDF)

Tuesday, April 1: TC angular momentum (PDF)

Thursday, April 3: Tropical map discussion guidelines (PDF)

Tuesday, April 8: TC angular momentum budget (PDF)

Tuesday, April 22: TC thermodynamics, fluxes, and convection (PDF)

Thursday, May 1: Rapid intensification (PDF)

Tuesday, May 6: Potential final exam questions (PDF)