Week

Tuesday

Thursday

Aug. 24 - Aug. 28

First day of class

Course introduction

Lecture 1

Basic statistics

Chapter 1: Hartmann notes

Aug. 31 -  Sep. 4

Lecture 2

Basic statistics

(continued)

Statistical Tables

Chapter 1: Hartmann notes

Last day to add course

(Monday)

Lecture 3

Basic statistics

(continued)

Chapter 1: Hartmann notes

Sep. 7 - Sep. 11

Lecture 4

Composite Analysis

Chapter 2: Hartmann notes

Lecture 5

Gamma distribution and SPI

SPI Handout

SPI Examples

Wilks

pp. 95-102

Sep. 14 - Sep. 18

Lecture 6

Goodness of fit, non-parametric tests and Monte Carlo techniques

Wilks

Section 5.2.5

Section 5.3

Lecture 7

Matlab demo

Field significance

Wilks

Section 5.2.4

Assignment #2 Due

End of free drop period

(Friday)

Sep. 21 - Sep. 25

See notes for Lecture 7

GrADS, C and Fortran demos

Field significance (continued)

Livezey and Chen (1983)

Lecture 8

Regression and correlation

Chapter 3:

Hartmann notes

Wilks

Section 6.2.1

Sep. 28 - Oct. 2

Lecture 9

Regression and correlation (continued)

Statistical significance of correlation

Chapter 3:

Hartmann notes

Wilks

Section 5.2.4

Fifth Symposium on Southwest Hydrometeorology

NO CLASS

Oct. 5 - Oct. 9

Lecture 10

Multiple Regression

Chapter 3:

Hartmann notes

Wilks

Sections 6.2.8

Example 9.2

Lecture 11

Matrix algebra review

Chapter 4:

Hartmann notes

Wilks

Sections 9.1-9.3.2

Makeup class

Monday, October 5

2:00-3:15p

Lecture 12

Matrix algebra review

(continued)

Oct. 12 - Oct. 16

Lecture 13

Matrix algebra review

(continued)

Assignment #3 Due

Lecture 14

Introduction to EOFs

Chapter 4:

Hartmann notes

Wilks 9.3.3

Wilks 11.1.1

Last day to drop course with “W” grade

(Friday)

Oct. 19 - Oct. 23

Lecture 15

 EOFs via SVD

Chapter 4:

Hartmann notes

Wilks 11.6.2

Lecture 16

EOF Presentation

EOFs via correlation matrix

Statistical significance of EOFs

Preparing data for EOF analysis

Final notes on EOFs

Chapter 4:

Hartmann notes

Wilks 11.1.2-3

Wilks 11.2.1-3

Wilks 11.3.1-5

Wilks 11.4.3

Makeup class

Monday, October 19

2:00-3:15p

Term Project Proposals Due

No formal lecture due to
poor attendance this day.

Oct. 26 - Oct. 30

PAIGH Meeting

NO CLASS

Assignment #4 Due

(Hand in to mailbox or front office during this week)

Lecture 17

Singular Spectrum Analysis

(SSA)

Guest Lecturer

Dr. Francina Dominguez

Nov. 2 - Nov. 6

Wallace and Gutzler (1981)

Hoskins and Karoly (1981)

Lecture 18

Rotated EOFs

Chapter 4:

Hartmann notes

Wilks 11.5

Richman (1986)

Jennrich (2001)

Nov. 9 - Nov. 13

Lecture 19

MCA and CCA

Chapter 4: Hartmann notes

Wilks Chapter 12 and 11.7.1

von Storch  Chapter 14

Barnett and Preisendorfer (1987)

Lecture 20

Autocorrelation and red noise

Chapter 6: Hartmann notes

Assignment #5 Due

Nov. 16 - Nov. 20

Lecture 21

Harmonic Analysis and the Power Spectrum

Chapter 6: Hartmann notes

Chapter 8: Wilks

Lecture 22

Background red noise spectrum and statistical significance of spectral peaks

Chapter 6: Hartmann notes

Chapter 8: Wilks

Nov. 23 - Nov. 27

Lecture 23

Data Windows and Window Carpentry

Chapter 6: Hartmann notes

Thanksgiving Day

NO CLASS

Nov. 30 - Dec. 4

Lecture 24

Wavelet Analysis

Torrence and Compo (1998)

“A Practical Guide to Wavelet Analysis” webpage

Makeup class

Monday, Dec. 1

2:00-3:15p

Lecture 25

Cross spectral analysis

Chapter 6: Hartmann notes

Thompson (1979)

Guest Lecturer

Dr. Yolande Serra

Wheeler and Kiladis (1999)

TCE Forms

Dec. 7- Dec. 11

NO CLASS

Term Project Presentations

Session 1: 11:00-12:15

Session 2: 1:15-2:30

ATMO Classroom

PAS 488

Dec. 14- Dec. 18

Assignment #6 Due

Term Project Papers Due