ATM645 Calendar

Calendar ATM 445/645 Atmospheric Dynamics I (3 Credits), Spring 2005

Dates	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Week 1			21-Jan2005 Class #1 - Syllabus Review & Expectations, - Basic Problem & Equations, - Continuum, Scales of Atmospheric Motion Sec 1.1-1.3
Week 2	24-Jan2005 Class #2 - Newton's Laws - Gravitational force, intertial frame - Pressure gradient force - Viscous forces Sec 1.4	26-Jan2005 Class #3 - Finish Viscous forces - Centrifugal Force - Gravity Force Sec 1.4	28-Jan2005 Class #4 - Finish Gravity Force - Coriolis Sec 1.5
Week 3	31-Jan2005 Class #5 - Finish Coriolis - Structure of static atmosphere Sec 1.5-1.6	2-Feb2005 Class #6 - Finish structure of static atmosphere - Pressure as vertical coordinate Sec 1.6	4-Feb2005 Class #7 Matlab Tutorial 9:45-11:30 am at ARSC Maclab
Week 4	7-Feb2005 Class #8 - Control volumes and total differentiation - Conservation of momentum - Spherical coordinates Sec 2.1-2.3 Homework 1 Due	9-Feb2005 Class #9 - Scale analysis equation of motion -Continuity equation Sec 2.4-2.5	11-Feb2005 Class #10 - Conservation of Energy - Relate to Thermodynamics Sec 2.6-2.7
Week 5	14-Feb2005 Class #11 Potential Temperature Adiabatic Lapse Rate Static Stability Discuss HW 1 Sec 2.7	16-Feb2005 Class #12 Buoyancy Frequency Inertial Oscillations Sec 1.5.4 & 2.7	18-Feb2005 Class #13 Moisture Isobaric Equations Sec 3.1 Homework 2 Due
Week 6	21-Feb2005 Class #14 Natural Coordinates Various Flows Sec 3.2	23-Feb2005 Class #15 Gradient Wind Test discussion Sec 3.3	25-Feb2005 Class #16 Exam 1 Covers material learned through this week. Room 501
Week 7	28-Feb2005 Class #17 Finish Gradient WInd, Trajectories & Streamlines Go over Test Sec 3.4	2-Mar2005 Class #18 Thermal Wind Sec 3.5, 3.6	4-Mar2005 Class #19 More Thermal Wind Vertical Motion Sec 3.5
Week 8	7-Mar2005 Class #20 Line Integral - math review Circulation Theorem, begin Homework 3 Due Sec 4.1	9-Mar2005 Class #21 Finish Absolute circulation, Stokes Theorem, Relative circulation Sec 4.1	11-Mar2005 Class #22 Examples, Absolute and Relative Vorticity Sec 4.2
Spring Break	Homework 4 Due Tuesday March 15,2005
Week 9	21-Mar2005 Class #23 Vorticity in natural coordinates, Potential vorticity, Vorticity conservation-easterly vs westerly flow Sec 4.2-4.3	23-Mar2005 Class #24 Absolute vorticity equation, Relative vorticity equation derivations Sec 4.3	25-Mar2005 Class #25 Physical interpretation of vorticity equation, scale analysis of vorticity equation Sec 4.4
Week 10	28-Mar2005 Class #26 Barotropic Vorticity Equation, Ertel's potential Vorticity Sec 4.5-4.6	30-Mar2005 Homework 5 Due Class #27 Eddy VIscosity, Develop Uniform Ekman Spiral Solution Sec 5.3, Cushman-Roisin (Ch. 4)& Gill (9.1-9.4)	1-Apr2005 Class #28 Continue Ekman Spiral & Discuss Solution, Ekman Transport Sec 5.3, Cushman-Roisin (Ch. 4) & Gill (9.1-9.4)
Week 11	4-Apr2005 Class #29 Ekman Pumping Gill (9.4) Observed Atmosphere Sec 6.1	6-Apr2005 Class #30 Quasi-geostrophic approximation Sec 6.2	8-Apr2005 Homework 6 Due Class #31 Q.G. Vorticity Equation Sec 6.2
Week 12	11-Apr2005 Class #32 Q.G. Vorticity Equation Example, Geopotential Tendency Sec 6.3-6.4	13-Apr2005 Class #33 Review for Test	15-Apr2005 Class #34 Exam 2 Covers material learned through this week. Room 501
Week 13	18-Apr2005 Class #35 Geopotential Tendency, Q.G. PV Equations Sec 6.3	20-Apr2005 Class #36 Class cancelled	22-Apr2005 Class #37 Meet 9:25-11:25 Omega Equation, begin Ageostrophic Motion Sec 6.3
Week 14	25-Apr2005 Class #38 Go over Exam II, Discuss administrative issues , Ageostrophic Motion Sec 6.4	27-Apr2005 Class #39 Homework 7 Due Introduction, Perturbation, Fourier (briefly), Dispersion & Group Velocity, acoustic waves, Teaching Evaluations led by Dr. Joy Morrison 11am-on. Meet 10:15-11:20 Sec 7.1-7.2	29-Apr2005 Class #40 Meet 10:00-11:15 Shallow water gravity waves, inertia-gravity waves Sec 7.3.2, 7.5.2
Week 15	2-May2005 Meet 10:15-11:25 Class #41 Geostrophic Adjustment Sec 7.6	4-May2005 Class #42 Meet 10:15-11:25 Rossby Waves Sec 7.7	6-May2005 Class #43 Meet 10:15-11:25 Misc. Materials, Loose Ends Homework 8 Due

Homework ATM 445/645

Homework 1: Standard Problems: 1.2,1.5,1.7,1.12, 1.13,1.16, 1.17 Due 7 Feb 2005

Homework 2: Standard Problems: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.11
Matlab Questions: M1.1, M1.2, M1.3. Due Friday 18 Feb 2005

Homework 3: Standard Problems: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.10, 3.11, 3.18, 3.22
Matlab Questions: M2.1 - follow directions in book, M2.2 - follow directions in book and repeat with arctic_temp.dat . Due Monday 7 March 2005

Homework 4: Standard Problems: none
Matlab Questions: M3.2, M3.3 Due Friday 11 March 2005 , delayed to Tuesday 15 March 2005 due to Chemistry Midterm

Homework 5: Standard Problems: Handout problems & Holton problems (listed on handout)
Matlab Questions: None Due Wednesday 30 March 2005

Homework 6 : Standard Problems: Handout problems
Matlab Questions: None Due Friday 8 April 2005

Homework 7: Standard Problems: 6.4, 6.7, 6.8
Matlab Questions: M6.1 Due Wednesday 26 April 2005

Homework 8: Standard Problems: 7.1, 7.7, 7.14, 7.19
Matlab Questions: none due, however, great problems, worth exploring! Due Friday 6 May 2005

Teaching

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