Week

Tuesday

Thursday

Jan. 14 - Jan. 18

Course Introduction

Jan. 21 - Jan. 25

Lecture 2

Basic Equations

Lecture 3

Basic Equations

(continued)

Jan. 28 - Feb. 1

Lecture 4

Basic Equations

(continued)

Tensor notation

Defining meteorological scales

Lecture 5

Simplification of basic equations: mass, energy, and vertical motion

Feb. 4 - Feb. 8

Lecture 6

Simplification of basic equations: horizontal motion

Averaging the conservation relations

Lecture 7

Averaging the conservation relations

(continued)

Feb. 11 - Feb. 15

Lecture 8

Physical and analytic modeling

Lecture 9

Physical and analytic modeling (continued)

Introduction to methods of solution

Feb. 18 - Feb. 22

Lecture 10

Methods of solution: Advection

Lecture 11

Methods of solution: Advection(continued)

Table 10.1 from Pielke

Feb. 25 - Feb. 29

Lecture 12

Methods of Solution: Diffusion, Coriolis and pressure gradient terms, diagnostic terms and time splitting

Table 10.4 from Pielke

Table 10.5 from Pielke

Class till 2:45

Lecture 13

Methods of Solution: Aliasing problem

Introduction to Grid Structure, Boundary and Initial Conditions

Table 10.6 and Fig. 10.12 from Pielke

Fig. 11.2 from Pielke

Table 11.1 from Pielke

Mar. 3 - Mar. 7

Lecture 14

Horizontal and vertical grid Structure, Lateral boundary conditions

Fig. 11.10 from Pielke

Fig. 6.3 from Pielke

Nested grid figure

Lecture 15

Pielke, Chapters 11 and 7

Stensrud, Chapter 2

Top boundary and initial conditions, surface layer parameterization

Table 11.2 from Pielke

 Table 11.4 from Pielke

 Table 7.2 from Pielke

Mar. 10 - Mar. 14

Lecture 16

Pielke, Chapter 7

Stensrud, Chapters 2 and 5

Surface layer and planetary boundary layer parameterization

Fig. 5.1 from Stensrud

Fig. 5.22 from Stensrud

Quiz #1 Review Sheet

Class till 2:45

Midterm Quiz #1

Mar. 17 - Mar. 21

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS

Mar. 24 - Mar. 28

Quiz #1 Student Key

Warm bubble project discussion

NAME Science Working

Group Meeting

NO CLASS

Mar. 31 - Apr. 4

Lecture 17

Convective parameterization

Convective parameterization handout

Lecture 18

Microphysics parameterization

Apr. 7 - Apr. 11

Lecture 19

Microphysics parameterization (continued)

Regional Climate Forum for the Southwest U.S. and

Northwest Mexico and GRATIS

NO CLASS

Apr. 14 - Apr. 18

Lecture 20

Land surface parameterization

Soil classification figures

Lecture 21

Land surface parameterization

Fig. 11.30 from Pielke

Figures from Ecological Climatology, by Gordon Bonan

Apr. 21 - Apr. 25

Lecture 22

Radiation parameterization

Fig. 8.1 from Stensrud

Figure from Stephens (1993)

Guest Speaker

Prof. Joellen Russell

Apr. 28 - May 2

Guest speaker:  Mike Leuthold

Presentation

NO CLASS

May 5 - May 9

Class project presentations

Tuesday, regular class time

Wednesday, 3-4pm