Spring Quarter 2006

Outline of syllabus (er, roughly)

Week 1 (March 27th):
 Introduction
 Vertical structure of atmosphere

Week 2 (April 3rd):
 Thermodynamics, potential temperature
 Stability of atmosphere to vertical displacement

Week 3 (April 10th):
 Equations of motion
 Coriolis force
 Scale analysis

Week 4 (April 17th):
 Geostrophic and other dynamical balances
 Boundary layers
 Thermal wind

Week 5 (April 24th)
 Forecasting, methods and data
 Continuity, Thermodynamic equation
 Vorticity.

Week 6 (May 1st):
 Moisture variables
 Claussius Clapeyron equation
 Tephigrams – convection and clouds

Week 7 (May 8th):
 Atmospheric waves: gravity waves/rossby waves

Week 8 (May 15th):
 Waves and instability:

Week 9 (May 22nd):
 Atmospheric radiation and energy balance
 
Week 10 (May 29nd):
 Tornadoes - dynamics
 Hurricanes - thermodynamics and atmospheric dynamics
 Term paper presentations (evening symposium)