Atmos Sci 535

Atmospheric Sciences 535
Professor R. A. Houze

Updated: 27 May 2012*^#

Tests

Lecture	Lecture Topic	Reading	Lecture Graphics and References	Assignments
1	TYPES OF CLOUDS--Cloud morphology	Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 1	Cloud types	Cloud identification^$ Thermodynamic Chart Stability Criteria Sounding Evaluation Skew-T Problems Due before Exam 1
2-4	THERMODYNAMICS REVIEW--Ad. Charts, Stability & Instability	Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 2.1 Wallace & Hobbs, Chapter 3	Sounding examples Skew-T resources
EXAM 1	Cancelled
5-8	STRATUS CLOUDS--Cloud-topped boundary layer	Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 5.2	Cloud-topped mixed layer	Radiative Cooling at Cloud Top Cloud Top Entrainment Vertical Acceleration Buoyancy Components Water Weight & Press. Pert. Cumulus Vorticity Gust Front Due before Exam 3
9-11	CONVECTIVE CLOUDS--Buoyancy, pressure perturbation, entrainment, vorticity	Cloud Dynamics, Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 7.1-7.4	Basic convective dynamics Cumulonimbus
Final Exam	10:30-12:20, 6 June 2012, Room 310C, ATG Bldg.

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