Atmospheric
Sciences 535
Spring
2008
Cloud
Physics and Dynamics
Houze Lectures
(updated 18 April 2008)
Houze Lectures
(updated 18 April 2008)
|
Atmospheric
Sciences 535
Spring
2008
Cloud
Physics and Dynamics
Houze Lectures (updated 18 April 2008) |
|
| Lecture |
Lecture Topic
|
Reading
|
Assignments | Links |
| 1 |
THERMODYNAMICS
REVIEW--Ad.
Charts, Stability & Instability |
Cloud Dynamics,
Chapter 2.1 |
Thermodynamic
Chart Stability Criteria |
|
| 2 |
TYPES OF CLOUDS--Cloud
morphology |
Cloud Dynamics,
Chapter 1 |
Cloud
identification |
Cloud Type Examples Cloud Atlas |
| 3 |
STRATUS
CLOUDS--Cloud-topped boundary layer |
Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 5.2 | Homework
18 Homework 19 |
Cloud-topped mixed layer |
| 4 |
CONVECTIVE
CLOUD DYNAMICS--Buoyancy, pressure perturbation, entrainment |
Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 7.1-7.4 |
Homework
15 Homework 16 Homework 17 Homework 21 |
Convective
Dynamics Basics |
| 5 |
OROGRAPHIC CLOUDS--Wave dynamics | Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 2.4, 2.6, 2.7.1, 2.7.2, 12.1 and 12.2 |
Homework
22 Homework 23 |
Wave
Cloud Dynamics |
| 6 |
THUNDERSTORMS--Ordinary & supercell storms | Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 8 | Homework
24 Homework 25 |
Thunderstorms |
| 7 |
MESOSCALE
CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS--Squall lines &
other major convective systems |
Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 9 | Homework 26 | The spectrum of convective clouds Introduction to mesoscale convective systems |
| 8 |
FRONTAL CLOUDS | Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 11 | Frontal Clouds |
|
| 9 |
TROPICAL CYCLONES--Eyewall & rainbands | Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 10 | Symmetric Instability Clouds in Hurricanes |
|
| 10 | TBD |