ATM S 560 / OCN 560 Syllabus

u ATM S 560 / OCN 560 Syllabus

HOME Class Notes	ATM S 560 / OCN 560, Autumn Quarter 2010 Coupled Atmosphere - Ocean Interactions
	Most recent TAO / TRITON data for the Tropical Pacific (from http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/jsdisplay)
	CLASS NOTES Week 1: Sept 30 1. The zonally averaged circulation of the atmosphere Notes Sept 30 Week 2: Oct 5/7 1. The zonally averaged circulation of the atmosphere (cont) Notes Oct 5 2. The Ocean Circulation: an inevitable fallout Notes Oct xx Week 3 and 4: Oct 12/14/19 3. Overview of horizontal structures and propagation characteristics of equatorial waves (Matsuno 1966) Notes Figures Oct 21: no class Week 5: Oct 26/28 4. Overview of vertical structure of ocean adjustment Notes Oct 26 Notes Oct 28 Figures Week 6: Nov 2/3/4 5. Response of the ocean to wind stress; ocean boundary reflections Notes Nov 2 Notes Nov 3 Notes Nov 4 Figures from this week Movie of Sea Level in tropical Pacific Adjustment of the tropical ocean to changing wind stress in ENSO Discussion Notes by Edward Blanchard, Jennifer Fletcher, & Yen-Ting Hwang Week 7: Nov 9/10 (11 is a holiday) 6. Response of the tropical atmosphere to heating Notes from class Figures from class Discussion Notes by 7. Observations of ENSO (readings assigned) Week 8: Nov 16 8. The ENSO mode Notes Nov 18: No class Week 9: Nov 23 (Nov 25 is a holiday) No school (snow) Notes Week 10: Nov 30/Dec 2 Discussion of questions from previous lectures. Observations of ENSO (cont) Slides from Class Discussion of Battisti (1988) Week 10: Dec 7/Dec 9 Discussion of the ENSO mode Slides from Class (Dec 7) Slides from Class (Dec 9) 9. The Hypotheses for the Low Frequency Variability of ENSO 10. ENSO in the mid-Holocene
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