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Date/Time/Place:
TUES/THURS
11:00-12:15
McEniry 133
WED
9:00-10:45
FRI 11:00-12:45
McEniry 203
Syllabus
Instructor:
Dr. Brian Etherton
McEniry Building
Room 212
ph: 704-687-5984
fx: 704-687-5966
email:
betherto
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METR 3250 - Dynamic Meteorology
The study of atmospheric motions as solutions of the fundamental equations of hydrodynamics. Quantifying atmospheric motions due to large scale features.
TEXTBOOK:
"Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics" - Riegel
Course
Schedule
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Date(Tuesday) |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
Wed or Fri
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Chapter |
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9-Jan |
Introduction |
Partial Differentiation |
NOT YET |
1/2 |
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16-Jan |
SAN ANTONIO |
SAN ANTONIO |
SAN ANTONIO |
2 |
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23-Jan |
Vector Calculus |
Vector Products(HW1) |
Grads |
2 |
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30-Jan |
Coordinate Systems
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Vorticity/Divergence |
Grads |
3 |
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6-Feb |
Strmfun. & Vel. Pot |
Equations of Motion(HW2) |
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4 |
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13-Feb |
Equations of Motion |
Geost. & Grad. Wind |
Unix/Perl |
5 |
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20-Feb |
Thermal Wind |
Hypsometric/Baro (HW3) |
Unix/Perl |
5/11 |
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27-Feb |
Review 1-5,7 |
MIDTERM #1 |
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1-5,11 |
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6-Mar |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
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13-Mar |
Vertical Coordinates |
Continuity |
Fortran |
6 |
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20-Mar |
Pressure Tendency Geopotential (HW4) |
Static Stability /
Parcel Theory |
Fortran |
7/11 |
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27-Mar |
Circulation |
Circulation |
MATLAB |
11/12 |
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3-April |
Vorticity Equation |
Vorticity Equation (HW5) |
Spring Weekend |
12 |
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10-April |
Numerical Modeling |
Barotropic Model |
Modeling |
13 |
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17-April |
Baroclinic Model |
QG Theory (HW6) |
Modeling |
13 |
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24-April |
Review of 6, 7,11-13 |
MIDTERM #2 |
Modeling |
6,7,11-13 |
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1-May |
Review of Semester |
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8-May |
FINAL - 11:00 AM TUES |
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