Atmospheric Sciences 502 Introduction to Synoptic Meteorology Fall 2011 Suggested Readings This will be updated by Friday of every week Last updated 30 November 2011

Introduction Mean Structure of the Atmosphere Mean upper and lower circulation and temperatures Observations, rawinsondes Martin Section 3.1 Wallace and Hobbs Chapter 1 Bluestein Sections 1.2.5 and 1.4.4 Balanced Flow Geostrophic and Gradient winds Thickness, thermal wind Martin pages 61-65 and Chapter 4 Wallace and Hobbs Section 3.2 and Section 7.2 (especially subsections 7.2.4 - 7.2.7) Holton 4th edition Section 3.2, 3.4 Cyclone Structure Cyclone and Frontal Structure Satellite imagery interpretation Wallace and Hobbs Sections 8.1.1 thru 8.1.3 Bluestein Section 2.4.1 Satellite Interpretation Schematics Available in folder in room 623B Cyclogenesis Norwegian Cyclone Model Palmen Memorial Volume Chapter 3, pages 27-30 Available in folder in room 623B Martin Section 8.1 Quasi-geostrophic system Martin Section 5.4 and Chapter 6 (can skip sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.4.3) Martin Sections 8.2 - 8.4 Holton Chapter 6 Potential Vorticity Perspective Martin Chapter 9 (section 9.5 is worth reading, but won't be covered in class) Bluestein Section 1.9 Holton Sections 6.3.2 - 6.3.4 Frontogenesis Kinematics Martin Chapter 7, except 2-D frontogenesis in section 2 and section 7.3 on semi-geostrophic equations Holton Sections 9.1 and 9.2.1 Bluestein Sections 2.3 and just a little of 2.5.1 Upper-level fronts Martin Section 7.4 Bluestein Section 2.4.2 Palmen Memorial Volume Chapter 10, section 10.2 Keyser and Shapiro 1986, MWR, 452 - 499 -- obtain from MWR online, or see me. Marine Cyclones Rapidly Deepening Cyclones Martin Sections 8.5 and 9.4 Bluestein Sections 1.5.4 Marine Cyclone Structure Palmen Memorial Volume Chapter 10, section 10.4 -- the whole chapter is available in our folder Wallace and Hobbs Sections 8.1.5 Airstreams in cyclones Trajectories Wallace and Hobbs Sections 8.1.4 Palmen Memorial Volume Chapter 8 by Browning Life Cycles of Extratropical cyclones Chapter by Browning Occlusions Schultz and Vaughn BAMS, April 2011 Marine Push Mass et al. Dec. 1986, Mon. Wea. Rev. Mass and Steenburgh, July 2000 Mon. Wea. Rev.