ATMS301: Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences
 
ATMS301 Handouts
  •  Pressure and geopotential height surfaces #1.
  •  Pressure and geopotential height surfaces #2.
  • Jan Surface pressure
  • Temperature profile & atmospheric layers
  • Climatological maps: Jan mean-sea-level pressure, January 500 hPa (nps, sps)
  • Climatological maps: Jul mean-sea-level pressure, July 500 hPa (nps, sps)
  • Climatological maps: Jan 250 hPa wind speed, July 250 hPa wind speed
  • Climatological cross section: January Temperature, January zonal wind.
  • Climatological cross section: July Temperature, July zonal wind.
  •  Direct and indirect observations.
  •  Oxygen and carbon cycles.
  •  Scales of motion & time-mean patterns.
  • Electromagnetic spectrum (src: Wikipedia)
  •  Matlab Planck function script.
  •  Scattering
  •  Aerosols
  •  Droplet size
  •  Saturation vapor pressure
  •  Droplet growth
  •  Cloud classification history.
  •  Cloud classification.
  •  air mass thunderstorm
  •  squall line photo
  •  squall line radar
  •  squall line shear
  •  squall line airflow
  •  Cyclone climatology.
  •  Cyclone track climatology.
  •  Cyclone life cycle.
  •  Cyclone clouds.
  •  Hurricane clouds cartoon.
  •  Hurricane cross section.
  •  Photo in eye of hurricane Katrina (src: wikimedia.org)
  •  Radar loop of hurricane Erin (1995) (src: wikimedia.org)
  •  Tropical cyclone frequency (src: wikimedia.org)
  •  Numerical weather prediction #1.
  •  Numerical weather prediction #2.
  •  Numerical weather prediction #3.
  •  skew-T chart.
  •  La Nina 500 hPa.
  •  La Nina surface temp.
  •  El Nino composite.
  •  Puget Sound lowland snow 500 hPa
  •  Puget Sound lowland snow 850 hPa
  •  Puget Sound lowland snow probabilities