Meteorology 3510- Weather Observations and Analysis II
Instructor- John Horel
Office Hours: By appointment. I'm usually in the office from 9AM-4PM; INSCC 483
Phone: 581-7091
Email: John Horel
Class Hours: TH 10:45-12:05. Substantial additional time outside of the class is expected to complete assignments.
Classroom: 490 INSCC
Prerequisites: METEO 3110 and 3410.
Grading: The course grade will be determined from class
participation and assignments (40%), 2 midterms (20% each), and final (20%).
Class participation includes attending at least 1 weather discussion (Meteo 5810) per week.
Texts: Weather Analysis by Dusan Duric.
Course Outline: (Tentative schedule by week)
Week
1:Thermodynamics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 1 and 5. I will be at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society and will miss the first class period. The skew-t manual will be distributed at that time, but attendance the first day is not required.
2:Moist thermodynamics. Reading Assignment: Skewt Manual
3: Stability. Reading Assignment: Chapter 5.
4: Stability. Reading Assignment: Chapter 5.
5: Stability. Reading Assignment: Chapter 5.
6: Midterm. Manual Analysis. Reading Assignment: Chapter 3.
7: Manual Analysis. Reading Assignment: Chapter 3.
8: Manual Analysis. Reading Assignment: Chapter 3.
9: Kinematics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 4.
10: Spring break.
11: Kinematics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 4.
12: Midterm. Thermal Structure. Reading Assignment: Chapter 6.
13: Thermal Structure. Midterm. Reading Assignment: Chapter 6.
14: Dynamics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 7.
15: Dynamics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 7.
16: Review
Final Exam: May 5. 10:30-12:30