Date
|
Topic |
Reading
|
Lecture
Notes |
Assignment
Due
|
9/26
9/28
|
Intro
& Fun. Forces
Gravity & Viscosity
|
1.1-1.5.2
|
Intro slides
week1
|
|
10/1
10/3
10/5
|
Rotation
continued
Hydrostatics
|
1.5.3
1.6 (skip 1.6.3)
|
Coriolis slides, Apparent force animations
week2
|
HW1
|
10/8
10/10
10/12
|
Momentum
Scale
analysis
Continuity
|
2.1-2.2
2.3-2.4
2.5
|
week3
scale_analysis.pdf
geo.mov
|
HW2
|
10/15
10/17
10/19
|
Thermo
Energy
cont. and review
Exam through p50
|
2.6
|
week4
practice_probs.pdf for midterm
|
boxmodel.m for HW3
|
10/22
10/24
10/26
|
Dry
atm, Buoyancy
Isobaric
coord
Balanced Flow
|
2.7
3.1
3.2
|
week5a,
week5b
natural.m
|
Nothing due
|
10/29
10/31
11/2
|
Thermal
Wind
Vertical Motion
Circulation
|
3.4
3.5
4.1
|
week6a
week6b
|
HW4
|
11/5
11/7
11/9
|
Vorticity
Potential Vorticity
PV
cont
|
4.2
4.3
|
week7
|
HW5
|
11/12
11/14
11/16
|
Veterans
Day
Review
Exam on Ch 3 & 4
|
|
|
HW6
|
11/19
11/20
11/22
|
Vorticity
Eq
field trip
Thanksgiving
|
4.4-4.5
|
week9
|
Essay if skipped
|
11/26
11/28
11/31
|
QG
introduction
QG vorticity
Geop Tendency
|
6.1-6.2
6.2
6.3.1
|
week10
worksheet
|
HW7
|
12/3
12/5
12/7
|
QG
PV
omega equation
Review
|
6.3.2
6.4.1
|
week11
|
HW8
|
12/10
|
Comprehensive
Final Exam
|
|
|
8:30am
|