Other lectures and animations
Mike Wallace, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington
Toronto Lectures - The Atmospheric General Circulation
1.
Fundamentals
2.
Extratropics
3.
Tropics
4.
Low Frequency Variability
5.
High Latitudes
"General Circulation of the Atmosphere" course at the University of Washington, Spring 2010
1.
Syllabus
2.
Study Guide 1
3.
Study Guide 2
4.
Study Guide 3
Course notes developed during the 1990s
5.
Appendix I
: Zonal and Time Averaging
6.
Appendix II
: Angular Momentum Balance Formalism
7.
Appendix III
: Energy Balance Formalism
8.
Some suggested
Term Paper Topics
9.
New Chapter 1, Lorenz Kinetic Energy Cycle:
Revised Text
10.
Chapter 1, Lorenz Kinetic Energy Cycle:
Figures
11.
New Chapter 1, Lorenz Kinetic Energy Cycle:
Errata
12.
New Chapter 2, Atmospheric Angular Momentum Budget:
Revised Text
13.
New Chapter 2, Atmospheric Angular Momentum Budget:
Figures
14.
Atmospheric Angular Momentum:
Presentation graphics
15.
Total Energy Budget:
Presentation graphics
16.
Dynamics of a Zonally Symmetric Vortex:
Presentation graphics
17.
Transformed Eulerian Mean Formalism:
Presentation graphics
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Stationary Waves:
Presentation graphics
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Diagnosis of Transient Eddies:
Presentation graphics
20.
Patterns of Low Frequency Variability:
Presentation graphics
Animations
Low pass 500mb Z
Hi pass - Low pass 500mb Z
Idealized baroclinic wave life cycle simulations
Arctic sea ice retreat 2007
Stratospheric QBO
El Nino: SST and Land NDVI
Miscellaneous Lectures
Global Warming (05/05/08)
Epiphany Church (05/19/08)
Arctic and Antarctic Oscillations (NCAR Summer Colloquium Lecture Notes 2000)