Meteorology 3510- Weather Observations and Analysis II
Instructor- John Horel
Office Hours: T-TH 1-2 or by appointment; 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 (30%), 2 midterms (40%), and final (30%).
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: Chapters 1 and 5
2:Moist thermodynamics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 5.
3: Stability. Reading Assignment: Chapter 5.
4: Manual Analysis. Reading Assignment: Chapter 3.
5: Manual Analysis. Reading Assignment: Chapter 3.
6: Manual Analysis. Midterm. Reading Assignment: Chapter 3.
7: Kinematics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 4.
8: Kinematics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 4.
9: Thermal Structure. Reading Assignment: Chapter 6.
10: Spring break.
11: Thermal Structure. Midterm. Reading Assignment: Chapter 6.
12: Dynamics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 7.
13: Dynamics. Reading Assignment: Chapter 7.
14: Fronts. Reading Assignment: Chapter 8.
15: Fronts. Reading Assignment: Chapter 9.
16: Review