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
|