| Mid-term | 32.5% |
Final | 32.5% |
| Problem sets | 20% |
| Term Paper | 15% |
Reference Texts
Haltiner and Williams (1980): Numerical Prediction and Dynamic Meteorology
Gill (1982): Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics
Holton (1992/2004): Dynamic Meteorology
Andrews, et al. (1987): Middle Atmospheric Dynamics
Wiin-Nielsen and Chen (1993): Fundamentals of Atmospheric Energetics
Thompson (1961): Numerical Weather Analysis and Prediction
Washington and Parkinson (1986): An Introduction to
Three-dimensional Climate Modeling
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Course Outline and Primary References
Section 1: Coordinate Transformation
*Kasahara (1974) MWR, pp. 509-522
Section 2: Scale Analysis
*Charney (1948) Geof. Publ., 17(2):1-17 or The Atmosphere—A
challenge: The Science of
Jule Gregory Charney, pp. 251-565.
*Burger (1958) Tellus,
10:195-205.
Hess
(1959) Introduction to theoretical meteorology, Section 16.6
*Haltiner
and
Williams (1980) Numerical Prediction and Dynamic Meteorology, Chapter 3
Charney
(1963) JAS 20:607-609.
Deland
(1965) Tellus 17:527-528.
Section 3: Wave Motion
A. Conventional wave analysis
*Rossby and collaborators (1939), J. Marine Research, 38-55.
*Thompson
(1961): Numerical Weather Analysis and
Prediction, Chapter 6.
B. Rossby waves & teleconnections
*Hoskins
and Karoly (1981) JAS, pp.
1171-1196.
*Chen
(2002) J. Clim, pp. 2359-2376.
Lau
and Lim (1984) JAS, pp. 161-176.
C. Geostrophic adjustment
*Gill
(1982): Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics,
Sections 7.2 - 7.3.
D. Equatorial waves
*Gill
(1982) Sections 11.4-6 and 11.14.
*Holton
(1992/2004): Dynamic Meteorology,
Section 11.4.
*Chen
(2003) J. Clim, pp. 2022-2037.
E. Stratospheric waves
*Holton
(2013) Section 7.4.1: Log-pressure coordinates
*Holton
(1992/2004) Sections 12.3 and 12.5-6.
*Andrews
et al. (1987): Middle Atmosphere Dynamics,
Section 4.5.
Charney
and Drazin (1961) JGR
*Lindzen
and Holton (1968) JAS.
Holton
and Lindzen (1972) JAS.
Section 4: Mesoscale Dynamiocs
Follows Holton, Chapter 9
Section 5: Instabilty (Possible topic)
A. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
*Haltiner
(1959): Dynamic and Physical Meteorology,
Section 21-7.
B. Shear instability
*Schlichting
(1968): Boundary Layer Theory, pp. 438-446.
C. Barotropic instability
*Kuo
(1949): J. Met. 6:105-122.
Haltiner
and Williams (1980) Section 4.3.
Lorenz
(1960) Tellus 12:243-254.
Merilees
(1968) MWR 96:32-38.
D. Baroclinic instability
*Derome
and Wiin-Nielsen (1966) On the Baroclinic
Instability of Zonal Flow in Simple Model Atmosphere.
Pattersen
(1956) Weather Analysis and Forecasting,
Chapter 15.
E. Symmetric instability
*Holton
(1992/2004) Sections 9.2.2 and 9.3.
Section 6: General Circulation (Possible topic)
A. History
*Palmen
and
Newton (1969); Section 1.2
B. Resolution of circulation
*Lorenz
(1967); p. 78-81
C. Maintenance of zonally-averaged circulation
*Wiin-Nielsen
and Chen (1983); Chapter 6
D. NH winter circulation
Blackmon et al. (1977); JAS,
1040-1053.
Chen et al. (1988); Tellus, 392-397.
E. 3-D transient eddy statistics
Lau (1979);
JAS, 982-995
F. Structure of tropospheric stationary waves
Lau (1979);
JAS 996-1015
G. Streamfunction budget analysis
Chen
and Chen (1990); JAS, 2818-2824
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