MAPH P312. Synoptic Meteorology

Second Semester, 2004-2005.

Lecture Notes


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Recommended Text: "Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey" by John M Wallace and Peter V Hobbs.




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Part 5. Atmospheric Chemistry.

Notes
  • Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Composition. Sources & Sinks. Trace Gases.
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  • Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.6
Tropospheric Aerosols. Air Pollution. Chemical Cycles.
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  • Section 5.7
Stratospheric Chemistry. The Ozone Hole.
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Part 6. Cloud Microphysics.





Notes (6.1-6.4)
  • Section 6.1
Nucleation of Condensation.
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  • Sections 6.2, 6.3
Microphysics of Warm Clouds.
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  • Section 6.4
Droplet Growth in Warm Clouds.
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Notes (6.5-6.8)
  • Section 6.5
Cold Clouds.
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  • Sections 6.6, 6.7, 6.8
Artificial Modification. Electrification. Chemistry.
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Part 8. Quasigeostrophic Theory.
Notes: Holton, Ch. 6.


The Quasigeostrophic Equations

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The Tendency and Omega Equations

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The Potential Vorticity Equation

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Fronts: Margules' Model

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Kinematics of Frontogenesis

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Part 9. Weather Systems
Notes (9.1-9.2)

An Extratropical Weather System
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Detailed Analysis of the System

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Frontal Analysis

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Surface Observations

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Satellite and Radar Imagery

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Vertical Structure

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