Paintings by John Constable
Schedule and resources
| Date | Lecture Topic | Reading | Miscellany | Homework/Exams | Links |
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| Tue 04/02 | Cloud types and morphology | L&V Ch. 1 | Luke Howard: Bio, Cloud Classifier, Inventor of clouds John Constable: Bio, Cloud Painter, Paintings |
Cloud Type identification pdf | Cloud Types pdf Introduction to Clouds [pdf] |
| Thu 04/04 | Thermodynamics and stability review | L&V Ch 5 | Review of static stability indices A guide to the Skew T - ln p chart Notes on convection and instability |
Thermodynamics and stability homework sets pdf | Sounding Examples pdf Skew T - ln p chart |
| Tue 04/09 | Thermodynamics and stablilty review | L&V Ch 5 | |||
| Thu 04/11 | Cloud formation. Adiabatic cooling. Parcel theory and concepts | L&V 6.1-6.3 | |||
| Tue 04/16 | Introduction to cloud microphysics and aerosols | L&V 2.1.4 | Importance of microphysics Slides [ppt] [pdf] | ||
| Thu 04/18 | Equilibria and phase | L&V 3.1-3.4 | Phase diagram for water [gif] [pptx] |
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| Tue 04/23 | Multicomponent systems. Raoult and Kelvin laws. | L&V 3.5.1-3.5.4 | L&V Chapter 4 Figures | ||
| Thu 04/25 | Kohler theory and activation of liquid cloud droplets | L&V 4.1-4.3 | Homework on cloud particle formation and condensational growth | Rogers and Yau Microphyscs Figures | |
| Tue 04/30 | Condensational growth of cloud droplets | L&V 8.1-8.3 | Thermodynamics homeworks sets due | L&V Chapter 11 Figures | |
| Thu 05/02 | Ice formation and condensational growth | L&V 7.2, 8.3, 12.1-12.3 | Snowflakes gallery at U. Utah | ||
| Tue 05/07 | L&V 2.1 (recap) Ch 10 | MIDTERM | |||
| Thu 05/09 | Ice formation (contd). Growth by collection. Particle fallspeeds | L&V Ch 9 | Precipitation homework | ||
| Tue 05/14 | Growth by collection continued | L&V 6.4.2 | Cloud Macrophysics Slides | ||
| Thu 05/16 | Growth by collection | L&V 11.1-11.5 | Formation/Growth Homework due | Houze stratus slides | |
| Tue 05/21 | Stratiform clouds - cloud-topped mixed layer and warm rain | L&V 12.4 | Bulk cloud model homework | Cloud-topped mixed layer notes | |
| Thu 05/23 | Stratiform clouds continued | L&V 6.3 | Precip Homework due | ||
| Tue 05/28 | Stratiform non-convective clouds | L&V 6.4 | Cloud macrophysics homework | Stratiform non-convective cloud notes | |
| Thu 05/30 | Convective clouds - basic equations, buoyancy, parcel lifiting, entrainment, vorticity and effects on convective organization | L&V 12.5 | Bulk Cloud Model homework due | Convective cloud slides Convective cloud notes |
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| Tue 05/04 | Convective clouds - precipitation, gust fronts, mesoscale convective systems | L&V 11.6 | |||
| Thu 05/06 | Microphysical-macrophysical interactions and aerosol indirect effects, cloud-climate feedbacks | Cloud macrophysics homework due | Cloud Feedback and Aerosol indirect effect slides | ||
| Exam Week | FINAL EXAM, Wednesday, June 12, 1030-1220, ATG 310C |
![Phase diagram for water [gif]](Phase_diag_water.gif){kind=link}