Teaching

EPS 290, Topics in Atmospheric Dynamics, Summer 2020

Overview

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

Time
Wednesdays at 9:30
Location
377 McCone Hall

Syllabus

5/20, Rusen leads
  • Thuburn and Efstathiou, Marginal stability of the convective boundary layer, JAS, 2019
5/27, by Nathaniel
  • Practice talk
6/3, Katie leads
  • McKim et al., Buoyancy-driven entrainment in dry thermals, QJRMS, 2020
6/10, Rusen leads
  • Walker, Hays, and Kasting, A negative feedback mechanism for the long-term stabilization of Earth's surface temperature, JGR, 1981
6/17, Alex leads
  • Zelinka et al., Causes of Higher Climate Sensitivity in CMIP6 Models, GRL, 2020
7/1, Qindan leads
  • Renaud and Venaille, On the Holton-Lindzen-Plumb model for mean flow reversals in stratified fluids, QJRMS, 2020
7/8, Rusen leads
  • Tennekes, A model for the dynamics of the inversion above a convective boundary layer, JAS, 1973
7/15, Alex leads
  • Seeley and Jeevanjee, H2O windows and CO2 radiator fins: a clear-sky explanation for the peak in ECS, GRL, 2020
7/22, Leo leads
  • Pinsky and Khain, Analytical investigation of the role of lateral mixing in the evolution of nonprecipitating cumulus. Part II: Dissolving stage, JAS, 2020
7/29, Katie leads
  • Grabowski and Morrison, Do ultrafine cloud condensation nuclei invigorate deep convection?, JAS, 2020
8/5, Qindan leads
  • Smith et al., North Atlantic climate far more predictable than models imply, Nature, 2020
8/12, Nathaniel leads
  • Sherwood et al., An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence, Rev Geo, 2020, sections 1 and 2
8/19, Nathaniel leads
  • Sherwood et al., An assessment of Earth's climate sensitivity using multiple lines of evidence, Rev Geo, 2020, sections 3.3 and 6; Orloff and Bloom, Comparison of frequentist and Bayesian inference, MIT 18.05