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Supplementary Materials for
ATM 111
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Instructor:
Prof. R. Grotjahn
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Winter Quarter
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ATM 111 Supplementary Notes
Contents
I. Supplementary Lecture Materials
A. Data Preparation
- The observing network
- Objective analysis (Cressman, improvements, optional: optimum interpolation,)
- Initialization (optional)
B. Operational forecast modeling
- ETA model notes
- MRF/AVN model notes
C. Uses of Statistics
- Forecasting via regression
- Assessments of model performance
D. Supplementary Materials for the Text
( Diagrams, derivations, and other supplementary information for Chaps. 3-14 )
II. Laboratory Reference Materials
A. Map plotting conventions & types
(upper air & surface charts station models, moisture variables, rain & wind categories
explanation of weather map, frontal codes, stability indices, radar chart)
B. DIFAX & McIDAS commands & procedures
(startup, selected commands, creating custom images, saving images)
C. Plotting choices
III. General Atmospheric Science Review Materials
A. Thermodynamics
(laws, lapse rate, , static stability, thickness)
B. Dynamics
(V, T, continuity, vorticity, divergence eqns; coordinates)
C. Scale analysis and wind flow types
(potential, geostrophic, gradient flows; balance eqns)
D. Quasi-geostrophic dynamics
(barotropic, baroclinic, eqn)
E. Atmospheric energetics
(defs, KE, heat, total energy, APE)