Assignments are due at 9:30 PM on the date listed (i.e.
before
class starts on that day).
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
Week #1
Jan. 12. No class.
Reading Assignment:
COMET Module:Definition of the mesoscale
,
COMET Module handout
Jan. 14. No class. Reading Assignment:
Mesoscale Meteorology overview
Homework Assignment #1
Skew-T mastery
Jan. 16. no class.
Week #2
Jan. 19. No class. MLK Day
Basic review material
Notes 1.1
Notes 1.2
Jan. 21.
Introduction. Review of course goals and student responsbilities. SkewT review.
Homework Assignment #2
.
Jan. 23. SkewT review
Online module:
Bouyancy and CAPE
Week #3
Jan. 26.
Buoyancy.
Reference information:
WSR 88D fundamentals
Reference information:
NWS Radar Handbook
DON'T PRINT ON LAB PRINTERS!
Reading Assignment: Chapter 1-3 Radar for Meteorologists
Jan. 28.
Buoyancy.
Homework Assignment #3
Jan. 30.
Entrainment and impact of pressure perturbations
Week #4
Feb. 2.
Radar basics
Notes 2.3
Examples
Reading Assignment: Chapter 4-5 Radar for Meteorologists
Feb. 4.
Refractivity and beam geometry
Homework Assignment #4
.
Notes 4.1
Background
Reading Assignment: Chapter 6-7 Radar for Meteorologists
Online module:
Precipitation Estimation
Feb 6.
Estimating Precip Rate Reading in Text: 208-233.
Online module:
Differential Reflectivity
Online module:
Correlation Coefficient
Online module:
Differential Phase
Week #5
Feb. 9. Z-R and Z-S relationships
Homework Assignment #5
Feb. 11. Dual pol radar
Feb. 13. Dual pol radar
Week #6
Feb. 16.
President's Day
Feb. 18. Review
National Academy Report
Review and Sample Problems
On-line module:
Radar Signal processing (not required)
Feb. 20. Midterm #1
Week #7
Feb. 23. Hodographs
Online module:
Using Hodographs
Homework Assignment #5
.
Feb. 25.
Online module:
Shear
Feb. 27. (Synoptic)
Week #8
March 2. Radial velocity
Velocity patterns
Online module:
Velocity Estimation
Reading Assignment: Chapter 8-9 Radar for Meteorologists
March 4.
Interpretation of radial velocity images.
In class assignment
Reading Assignment: Doswell. Severe Convective Storms. On webCT in 2 pdf files
March 6.
Radial velocity
Homework Assignment #6
Convection Notes
Convection Notes
Week #9
March 9. 3D Rotation
Reading Assignment: Weisman and Klemp. Characteristics of Isolated Convective Systems. On webCT in 2 pdf files Online module:
Convective Storm Matrix
Homework Assignment #7
Mar. 11.
Storm relative helicity. Rotating thunderstorms
Rotating thunderstorms
Video
Mar. 13.
Rotating thunderstorms
Week #10
Mar. 16. Spring break
Mar. 18.
Mar. 20. no class
Week #11
Mar. 23. Summary of rotating thunderstorms. Convective Storm characteristics. MCS Online module:
MCS Matrix
Mar. 25. Cold pool interactions
Gust front
Online module:
MCS
MCS Slides
MCS
Grad reading assignment: Weisman and Rotunno 2004, on webct
Homework Assignment #8
Mar. 27. Bow echoes
Randy Graham. August 1, 2006 bow echo event
Week #12
Mar. 30. Tornado structure
Tornado notes
Apr. 1
Tornadogenesis
Tornado slides
Tornado reading in 3 parts on webCT (5.1,5.2e,5.3,5.4 de,5.5a,5.6)
Apr. 3. Salt Lake City tornado
Dunn & Vasillof on webCT
Week #13
Apr. 6.
Spring 2009 tornadoes
Apr. 8. Review
Apr. 10. Midterm 2
Week #14
Apr. 13. No class
Lightning supplementary info on webCT
Lightning notes 1
Lightning slides
Apr. 15. Lightning
Apr. 17. Field tip to KUTV radar
Week #15
Apr. 20. Lightning
Apr. 22. Lightning
Apr. 24. Lightning
Week #16
Apr. 27.
Course Wrap Up
Apr. 29. Course Wrap Up
May 1. No class
