METR 3220 - Physical Meteorology

Date/Time/Place

MON/WED
2:00-3:15
McEniry 118

Syllabus

Instructor:
Dr. Brian Etherton

McEniry Building
Room 237

p: 704-687-5984
fx: 704-687-5966

email: betherto

METR 3220
Physical Meteorology

The study of processes in the atmosphere occurring at very small scales - microscales. First comes the study of clouds, precipitation (rain, snow, hail), and some thermodynamics too! Then comes radiation - longwave, shortwave, scattering, absorption, emission, and radiative transfer. Along the way, we will use observations to illustrate these processes.

TEXTBOOKS: "A Short Course in Cloud Physics" by Rogers and Yau
"A First Course in Atmospheric Radiation" by Petty

Course Schedule

Date (Monday)	Monday	Wednesday	Chapter
20-Aug	Syllabus/Rain Gauge	Thermodynamics	RY 1
27-Aug	Water Vapor	* Sling Psychrometer (H1)	RY 2
3-Sept	LABOR DAY	Buoyancy/Convection	RY 3/4
10-Sept	* Convection Skew-T	Properties of Clouds (H2)	RY 5
17-Sept	Droplet Formation	Droplet Growth	RY 6/7
24-Sept	Warm Rain	Cloud Chamber	RY 8
1-Oct	Warm Rain(H3)	Review Cloud Physics	RY 8
8-Oct	FALL BREAK	MIDTERM - 2:00PM (RY 1-8)
15-Oct	Prop. Radiation	Prop. Radiation	P 1/2
22-Oct	EM Spectrum	Refelction/Refraction	P 3/4
29-Oct	Natural Surfaces / Emission	IR Thermometer (H4)	P 5/6
5-Nov	Atmos. Transmission	Atmos. Emission	P7/8
12-Nov	Atmos. Absorption	Pyronometer (H5)	P9
19-Nov	Atmos. Scattering	THANKSGIVING	P12
26-Nov	Review Radiation	MIDTERM - 2:00PM (P 1-12)
3-Dec	Radar Principles	Radar Principles, Review	RY 10
10-Dec	FINAL - 2:00 PM (R.G. Due)