Atmospheric Sciences 441/503 Fall 2008
Atmospheric Motions I
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Date
Topic Reading
Lecture Notes Assignment Due
9/24
9/26
Intro & Fun. Forces
Gravity & Viscosity

1.1-1.5.2
intro slides
ch 1 notes


9/29
10/1
10/3
Rotation
continued
Hydrostatics
1.5.3

1.6 (skip 1.6.3)
extra figures and animations


HW1
10/6
10/8
10/10
Momentum
Scale analysis
Continuity
2.1-2.2
2.3-2.4
2.5
Ch 2 notes

HW2

10/13
10/15
10/17
Thermo Energy
cont. and review
Exam through p50
2.6



HW3 boxmodel.m
10/20
10/22x
10/24
Dry atm, Buoyancy
Isobaric coord
Balanced Flow
2.7
3.1
3.2

Ch 3 notes
(no office hrs Tu)
Nothing due
10/27
10/29
10/31
BF cont
Thermal Wind
Vertical Motion

3.4
3.5
natural.m coordinates model

HW4
11/3
11/5
11/7
Circulation
Vorticity
Potential Vorticity
4.1
4.2
4.3
Ch 4 notes (no office hrs M,Tu)
HW5
11/10
11/12
11/14
Vorticity Eq
More on vorticity
Review
4.4-4.5


HW6
11/17x
11/19
11/21
Exam on Ch 3 & 4
Streamfunction exercise
QG Intro an vorticity


6.1-6.2

Phi(x,y) scripts
Ch 6 notes


11/24
11/26
11/28
Geop Tendency
 field trip
day after Thanksgiving

6.3.1


HW7, Essay if skipped

12/1
12/3x
12/5
QG PV
omega equation
Review
6.3.2
6.4.1


office hrs Th 1:30-2:30 only

HW8
12/8
Comprehensive
Final Exam


8:30am