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Date/Time/Place
MON/WED
3:30-4:45
McEniry 203
Syllabus
Instructor:
Dr. Brian Etherton
McEniry Building
Room 237
p: 704-687-5984
fx: 704-687-5966
email:
betherto
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ESCI 6000 / INES 8090
Numerical
Weather Prediction
Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
is a tool to both predict and to understand the atmosphere.
The fundamental principles of NWP are to develop all the equations
which govern the atmosphere, apply those equations to a discretized
representation of the atmosphere, and then parameterize the impacts
of processes which occur on scales smaller than the discretized
atmosphere. This course will go first go
through the equations which govern the atmosphere, then discuss sub-gridscale
processes, then cover the mechanics of solving the equations.
With this toolbox in place, students will use the WRF model as a
means of hypothesis testing
TEXTBOOK:
Mesoscale Meteorology Modeling by
Roger A. Pielke Sr.
Course
Schedule
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Date (Monday) |
Monday |
Wednesday |
Chapter |
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25-Aug |
Equations of Motion |
Equations on a Grid
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2-4 |
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1-Sept |
LABOR DAY |
Vertical Coordinates |
6 |
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8-Sept |
Finite Differencing |
AMS MEETING (HW
#1) |
10 |
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15-Sept |
Finite Differencing |
QUIZ
1 - 3:30 PM |
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22-Sept |
Surface Layer |
Boundary Layer |
7 |
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29-Sept |
Radiation - Longwave |
Radiation - Shortwave |
8 |
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6-Oct |
Moist Physics (HW
#2) |
Moist Physics |
9 |
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13-Oct |
FALL
BREAK |
QUIZ
2 - 3:30 PM |
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20-Oct |
Initial Conditions |
Initial Conditions |
11 |
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27-Oct |
Boundary Conditions |
Model Evaluation
(HW #3) |
11-12 |
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3-Nov |
Mesoscale Models |
QUIZ
3 - 3:30 PM |
13 |
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10-Nov |
WRF and WPS Workflow |
WRF and WPS Namelists |
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17-Nov |
WRF Post-Processing
(HW #4) |
Projects |
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24-Nov |
Projects |
THANKSGIVING |
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1-Dec |
Projects |
Projects |
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8-Dec |
Project Presentations |
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15-Dec |
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FINAL - 2:00 PM - WED DEC 17 |
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