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DATE |
TOPIC |
Reading |
Assignments |
Others |
| 01 |
24 Aug |
Overview |
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| 02 |
26 Aug |
Thermodynamic of dry air |
RY-CH1 |
study Skew-T Mastery | |
| 03 |
31 Aug |
Thermodynamics of dry/moist air | RY-CH2 |
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| 04 |
2 Sept |
Thermodynamics of moist air |
due EX01 | ||
| 05 |
7 Sept |
Excursion to NCAR’s Marshall Field Site |
RY-CH3 |
study Skew-T Mastery | |
| 06 |
9 Sept |
Literature study |
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| 07 |
14 Sept |
Atmospheric Stability |
H-CH2 |
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| 08 |
16 Sept |
Aerosols |
H-CH3; RY-CH6,7 |
due EX02 | |
| 09 |
21 Sept |
Microphysics of warm clouds |
H-CH3; RY-CH6,7 |
due HW#1 | |
| 10 |
23 Sept |
Microphysics of warm clouds |
H-CH3; RY-CH6,7 | due EX03; | |
| 11 |
28 Sept |
Microphysics of warm/cold clouds |
H-CH3; RY-CH7,8 |
due EX04 | |
| 12 |
30 Sept |
Microphysics of cold clouds | due HW#2 |
Lerning courses: Winter weather |
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| 13 |
5 Oct |
Microphysics of cold clouds |
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| 14 |
7 Oct |
Winter weather |
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| 15 |
12 Oct |
Cloud and rain observations |
H-CH4; RY-11 | due EX05 |
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| 16 |
14 Oct |
Midterm exam |
H-CH4; RY-11 | Learning courses: clouds+precip | |
| 17 |
19 Oct |
Return Midterm/How to wirte a proposal | |||
| 18 |
21 Oct |
Cloud and rain observations |
Learning courses: Radar | ||
| 19 |
26 Oct |
Literature presentations/Cumulus dynamics |
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| 20 |
28 Oct |
Literature presentations/Cumulus dynamics |
Cloud structure in satellite images | ||
| 21 |
2 Nov |
Literature presentations/Nimbostratus | H-CH7 |
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| 22 |
4 Nov |
Literature presentations/Nimbostratus | H-CH6 |
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| 23 |
9 Nov |
Literature presentations/Hurricanes |
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| 24 |
11 Nov |
Hurricanes |
H-CH8 |
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| 25 |
16 Nov |
Thunderstorms |
H-CH8 | due EX06 | |
| 26 |
18 Nov |
Thunderstorms |
H-CH12 | ||
| Fall Break |
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| 27 |
30 Nov |
Orographic precipitaiton |
H-CH12 |
due EX07 due HW#3 |
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| 28 |
2 Dec |
Final exam |
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| 29 |
7 Dec |
Orographic precipitation |
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| 30 |
9 Dec |
Proposal discussion |
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The course is devided into 6 major sections:
1) Fundamentals (purple)
2) Cloud microphysics (blue)
3) Observing instruments (green)
4) Phenomena (red)
5) Weather modification and cloud seeding (dark yellow)
2) Cloud microphysics (blue)
3) Observing instruments (green)
4) Phenomena (red)
5) Weather modification and cloud seeding (dark yellow)
Reedings are related to chapters in Houze ‘Cloud dynamics’ (H), Rogers and Yau ‘A Short course in cloud physics’ (RY) and Cotton and Pielke ‘Human impact on weather and climate’ (CP).