EPS 290, Topics in Atmospheric Dynamics, Spring 2012

Overview

This course covers current and classic papers in atmospheric dynamics with an eye towards aiding students involved in graduate-level research projects.

Time

Tuesdays at 9:30

Location

377 McCone Hall

Syllabus

01/31, with guest Harold Brooks (NOAA NSSL)

• Brooks, Proximity soundings for severe convection for Europe and the United States from reanalysis data, Atmospheric Research, 2009

02/14, David leads

• de Rooy et al., Entrainment and detrainment in cumulus convection: an overview, QJRMS, 2012

02/21, Nadir leads

• Held and Soden, Robust responses of the hydrological cycle to global warming, Journal of Climate, 2006

03/06, Kyongmin leads

• Williams and Stanfill, The physical origin of the land-ocean contrast in lightning activity, Comptes Rendus Physique, 2002

03/20, Kyongmin leads

• Yamaguchi and Randall, Cooling of Entrained Parcels in a Large-Eddy Simulation, JAS, 2012

04/03, David leads

• Donner et al., Three-Dimensional Cloud-System Modeling of GATE Convection, JAS, 1999

04/10, with guest Paquita Zuidema (U Miami)

• Zuidema et al., On Trade Wind Cumulus Cold Pools, JAS, 2012

04/24, Kyongmin leads

• Schalkwijk et al., High performance simulations of turbulent clouds on a desktop PC: exploiting the GPU, BAMS, 2012

05/01, Nadir leads

• Hartmann, Global Physical Climatology, Ch. 2 pgs. 18-39

05/08, Kyongmin leads

• Hartmann, Global Physical Climatology, Ch. 3.1-3.7