Atmospheric Sciences 591
Winter 2007
Special Topic
 
Tropical Cyclones
   
     Professor R. A. Houze
 
        Tu & Thurs, 9:30-10:50 AM, Room 610, ATG Bldg.
     Wed makeups, 11:30-12:45, Room 406, ATG Bldg.
 hurricane

JFM2007
Date
 		Presenter
 		 
Topics and Readings
 
1/4
 Houze
 Basic TC structure & dynamics (Houze 93-Chap 12, Emanuel 86, Emanuel 03)
1/10
 Houze
 Climatology & forecasting (Gray 1968, DeMaria et al. 01, tutorial 1, tutorial 2, NRL Forecast Guide)

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 Tropical convection (Riehl & Malkus 58, Zipser 1969, Houze & Betts 1981, Houze 1982, Houze 1997, Houze 04) 
1/11
 Kubar Inner-core structure (Jorgensen 84a, Jorgensen 84b, Marks & Houze 84, Marks & Houze 87, Marks et al. 92)
1/16
 Torn Eye structure & dynamics (Emanuel 97, Willoughby 98, Braun 02, Persing & Montgomery 03, Braun et al. 06a
1/18
 Back   Houze
 Boundary layer and air-sea interface (Powell 90a, Powell 90b, Emanuel 95, Andreas & Emanuel 01, Wu et al. 05)
1/25
 Hence Rainbands (Atlas et al. 63, Barnes et al. 83, Willoughby et al. 84a, Willoughby 88, Ryan et al. 1992, Barnes & Powell 95, May & Holland 99)
1/30
 Cetrone Cloud microphysics & weather modification (Simpson & Malkus 64, Willoughby et al. 85, Black & Hallett 86, Houze et al. 92, Sheets 03, Franklin et al. 05)
  Cetrone  Water budget (Gamache et al. 93, Braun et al. 06a)
1/31
 Kubar Eyewall replacement  (Shapiro & Willoughby 82, Willoughby et al. 84b, Terwey & Montgomery 2007)
2/1, 2/6,
2/8
 Torn
Back
Hence
Houze 
Vortex Rossby waves and axisymmetrization (Montgomery &  Kallenbach 97, Kossin et al. 00, Möller & Montgomery 00, Reasor et al. 00, Chen & Yau 01, Chen et al. 03, Braun et al. 06a, Corbosiero et al. 06)
2/20
 Cetrone Effect of shear on storm structure (Black et al. 02, Corbosiero & Molinari 02, Corbosiero & Molinari 03, Rogers et al. 03, Emanuel et al. 04, Wu et al. 06, Braun et al. 06a, Braun & Wu 06)
  Cetrone Effect of dry air  (DeMaria et al. 01, Dunion & Velden 04)
2/22
 Smull Recent field work (Houze et al. 06)
2/27
 Kubar Potential intensity & superintensity (Emanuel 88, Holland 97, Emanuel 00, Persing & Montgomery 03)

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 Ocean boundary layer (Price 81, Sanford et al. 87, Price et al. 94, Emanuel et al. 04)
2/28, 3/1
 Hence, Back
 TC genesis (Bister & Emanuel 97, Ritchie & Holland 97, Montgomery & Enagonio 98, Heymsfield et al. 2001, Enagonio & Montgomery 01, Bister 01, Dickinson & Molinari 02,  Ritchie et al. 03, Davis & Bosart 03, Hendricks et al. 04, Reasor et al. 05, Frank & Roundy 06, Sippel et al. 06, Montgomery et al. 06)
3/6
 Cetrone Interannual variability (Landsea et al. 99, Maloney & Hartmann 00)
 
Cetrone
 Global Warming (Trenberth 05, Webster et al. 05, Emanuel 05, Landsea 05, Landsea et al. 06, Hoyos et al. 06, Trenberth & Shea 06, Anthes et al. 06)
3/8
 Torn
 Extratropical transition (Jones et al. 03)

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 Landfall (Powell 87, Powell et al. 91, Powell & Houston 98)

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 Tropical Cyclones and orography (Bender et al. 1985, Bender et al. 1987, Lin et al. 2002)
3/9
Last day of quarter
3/14
Final Exam Due