Calendar
ATM 445/645 Atmospheric Dynamics I (3 Credits),
Fall 2014
Working Calendar (Will be changed and filled out with topics)
Dates |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Friday |
Week
1 |
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4-Sept
2014 |
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Week 2 |
8-Sept
2014 Math review continues (Vector Algebra/Vector Fields, Coordinate Systems, Differentiation of Vectors, Del operator and it's uses, Taylor Series Expansion, Flow Kinematics) Homework 1 Assignment, here Vector review document, hereHomework 2 Assignment, here |
10-Sept
2014 Math review finish (finish Flow Kinematics, Line integrals, surface integrals, Lagrangian and Eularian reference frames, total Differentiation) |
12-Sept
2014 -Total Differentiation
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Week 3 |
15-Sept
2014
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17-Sept
2014 |
19-Sept
2014 Quiz #2 -
Finish Potential temperature Class #6 - make up class 3-4PM - Adiabatic Lapse Rate HOMEWORK 1 DUE |
Week 4 |
22-Sept
2014 -Newton's second law Class #7extra Handout (learn on your own, in box outside my office) Homework 3 Assignment, here Homework 4 Assignment, here |
24-Sept
2014 - FInish effective gravity
Review Sheet Exam 1, here |
26-Sept
2014 Class #10 - make up class 3-4PM |
Week 5 |
29-Sept 2014 HOMEWORK 3 DUE |
1-Oct 2014
Vertical coordinate transformations, Pressure coordinates in the vertical Homework 5 Assignment, here
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3-Oct 2014 Exam 1
covers Class 1-11, Homeworks 1-4 |
Week 6 |
6
Oct 2014 Equations of Motion in Pressure coordinates, Natural Coordinate system for simple flows |
8 Oct 2014 Apply Natural Coordinate system for balanced flows to - geostrophic, - intertial, -cyclostrophic |
10 Oct
2014 |
Week 7 |
13
Oct 2014 |
15
Oct 2014 Circulation Theorems, Solenoidal term, Circulation over area, Stokes Theorem, Relative circulation Homework 6 Assignment, here |
17
Oct 2014 Vorticity, Vorticity in natural coordinates, vorticity equation |
Week 8 |
20 Oct 2014 Class #20 scale analysis of vorticity equation, potential vorticity
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22 Oct
2014 PV in pressure coordinates, finish potential vorticity, begin shallow water equations, barotropic potential vorticity
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24 Oct
2014 |
Week 9 |
27 Oct
2014
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29 Oct 2014 Begin Atmospheric Oscillations chapter, perturbation method, properties of waves Hand out Exam 2 Review Sheet, here
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31
Oct 2014 group velocity, phase velocity, kinematics of 2-D waves
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Week 10 |
3 Nov 2014 visit applet for group& phase velocity, here. shallow water waves |
5Nov 2014 Class #26 Exam 2 |
7Nov 2014 Internal Gravity Waves 2) Class #28 3-4 PM makeup, room 319 Linear waves of a rotated stratified atmosphere
3) Homework 7 Assignment, Holton & Hakim Chapter 5 problems, 5.2, 5.5, 5.7, & 5.15 |
Week 11 |
10Nov 2014 inertia-gravity waves
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12Nov 2014 |
14 Nov 2014 Rossby Wave dispersion relation, forced Rossby Waves, Observations of Rossby Waves
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Week 12 |
17Nov 2014 Class #32 Observed structure of the extratropical Atmosphere, q-g preliminaries HOMEWORK 7 DUE |
19 Nov 2014 Class #33 finish q-g preliminaries, PV Derivation of q-g equations Homework #8, Chapter 6, Problems 1, 2, 4, & 6
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21 Nov 2014 Class #34 PV Thinking of QG Equations |
Week 13 |
24 Nov 2014
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26 Nov 2014 Vertical motion Thinking
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28 Nov 2014 |
Week 14 |
1 Dec 2014 Class Presentations advice, Chapter 6 Review
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3 Dec 2014 |
5
Dec 2014 9:30-11:30 Room 319 Akasofu 1.Reynir Review Sheet for Exam III, here (coming soon!) |
Week 15 |
8
Dec 2014 Chapter 6 final bits, Begin Chapter 5 Review HOMEWORK 8 DUE |
10
Dec 2014 Chapter 5 Review |
12
Dec 2014 Exam 3 10-11:30AM, room TBD |
Class Project Papers: The goal of the project is to apply principles learned in class to teach the class about the contents of these papers. You may need to trim topics covered for the longer papers. The talks will be 15 minutes with questions, so probably about 13+2.