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 (soon to be) 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
Holton and Hakim Chapter 6
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
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