GEOGRAPHY 304
SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
LECTURE AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE
Winter 2010 Section 201
| Week Starting date |
Lecture |
Lecture Notes |
Laboratory |
| Jan4 |
Introduction and general
circulation |
NOTES 1,
NOTES 2 |
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| Jan11 |
Jet stream (I and II) |
NOTES 1,
NOTES 2 |
Jet
Streams |
| Jan18 |
Synoptic-scale waves (I and II) |
NOTES
1 2010PPTnotes |
Vorticity and Thickness/Omega |
| Jan25 |
Synoptic-scale Waves (III) Synoptic development (Omega equation) |
Waves 3 notes Omega equation |
|
| Feb 1 |
Fronts and Frontogenesis Weather Systems development |
Fronts |
|
| Feb 8 |
Cyclogenesis Review |
Cyclogenesis |
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| Feb 15-26 |
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| Mar 1 |
Intro to satellite Interpretation Mid term exam - MAR 3 Midterm Review Slides |
Isallobar analysis |
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| Mar 8 |
Satellite interp (1 and II) |
SAT1 |
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| Mar 15 |
Sat Interp2: cyclogenesis in sat imagery |
SATcyclogenesis |
Tephigram and Stability analysis |
| Mar 22 |
Numerical Weather prediction (I
and II) Ensemble approaches |
NWP1 Reading: Gadd Chapter |
Case Study and review |
| March 29 |
General Circulation Models and
downscaling etc.(I and II) Synoptic Climatological methods (I and II) |
GCMS Synoptic clim1 |
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| Apr 5 |
Hurricanes and typhoons
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| Apr 12 |
Review and windup |