| METR 403 Weather Analysis and Forecasting |
Course Schedule |
Prof. John Monteverdi Dept. of Geosciences SFSU, Spring 2004 |
| Date | Tentative Event/Assignment | Week |
| August 26 |
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| August 30 |
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2 |
| September 6 | Reading Assignments: Bluestein, 84-91, 181-190 Djuric, Fig 6-1; p 89, Appendix I QG Height Tendency Equation (Conceptual Review) Some Examples:
Homework 2 (Due Thursday 16 September) Lab 2 (Vertical Consistency and Analysis of Thickness) |
3 |
| September 13 | Natural Coordinate System: Horizontal Wind Vector and Horizontal Equation of Motion
Kinematics of the Pressure Field: Kinematics: Properties of the Wind Field --Translation and Divergence Fundamental Definition of Divergence |
4 |
| September 20 | Reading Assignments through Next Week:
Bluestein: pp. 19-20; 181-194; 92-99; 195-200; 219-223 Kinematics: Properties of the Wind Field --Translation and Divergence (continued--Djuric's View): Human v. Machine Analyses Fundamental Definition of Divergence (continued) Graphical Subtraction Example |
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| September 27 | Reading Assignments
Vasquez: (Weather Forecasting Handbook) M698 Example: Evaluating Dynamics Remember this? Thermal Wind -- First View Veering and Backing of the Geostrophic Wind with Height: What does it tell us? Chart used in discussion of this topic. Vertical Consistency Handout: Baroclinic System Pressure Tendency Equation |
6 |
| October 3 | Laboratory 2 (continued)
Guest Professor: Dr. Warren Blier Science Operations Officer, NWS WFO Operational Forecasting Issues: |
7 |
| October 10 | Thermal Wind | 8 |
| October 17 | Fundamental Definition of Vorticity
October 19, 2004: Sat, Vort, Thick, 850 From 301: Frontal/Thickness Relation, Wave Cyclone Sequence, Occlusion/Sat/Fronts Circulation and Vorticty: Operational Implications |
9 |
| October 24 | More on Circulation and Vorticity: The Simplified (often called "Barotropic") Equation
Today's eta_thick |
10 |
| November 1 | Solenoid Term; Bjerkenes Circulation Theorem
Scaling of Simplified (Barotropic) Vorticity Equation Vorticity Patterns and Vertical Consistency in the Eta 12 h Fcst for 0000 UTC 11/4/04: Sfc, 500 mb and 300 mb Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Equation |
11 |
| November 8 |
Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Equation Divergence Lab: 00 UTC 09/28/04 300 mb Conv |
12 |
| November 15 | Sutcliffe-Petterssen Development Equation
Finite Difference Approximation of the Laplacian Review of Thermodynamic Energy Equation and its implications for synoptic meteorology More on the Static Stability Parameter |
13 |
| November 22 | Djuric, Chapter 8, 9, 10, 11 (up to page 194)
Snap Exercise on Thermodynamic Energy Equation: Forecasting Application Application thermal wind concept and circulation theorem: Margules' Equation |
14 |
| November 28 | Snap Exercise on QG Controls with Answer Rubric
Egads--Frontal Solenoid Interpretation More Discussion of Paper: SPDE Term Paper Schedule (Part A Due 12/16/04) and References What is the reason for the vertical motion that the GFS forsees producing clouds and precipitation at "X"? QG-Equations: |
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| December 5 | QG-Equations: | 16 |
