Here you can find the subject matter and assigned reading for every class day as well as expected homework dates.
Please check back here frequently as the schedule is subject to change.
The class meets every Tuesday, Thursday 1:30-2:50 PM in ETEC 480.
Table 1:Class schedule
Date (2022) | Class No. | Topic and reading | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
8/25 | 0 | Class cancelled. Read syllabus and Chapter 1 of Wallace et al. (the observed circulation) | |
8/27 | 1 | Class cancelled. | Homework: Excercises 1.2, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.12, and 1.19 from Wallace et al. |
9/1 | 2 | Introductions and Earth’s radiation budget | First homework due |
9/3 | 3 | Earth’s radiation budget, continued | |
9/8 | 4 | Inferred heat transport from Earth’s radiation budget. Introduction to the Decomposition of the circulation. | Assignment on energy budget and transport out, due in one week on 9/15 |
9/10 | 5 | Decomposition of the circulation, continued. | |
9/15 | 6 | ||
9/17 | 7 | Class cancelled | Independent study of Angular Momentum Budget notes |
9/22 | 8 | Class cancelled | |
9/24 | 9 | Angular Momentum Budget, continued | Independent study of computing tools: How To, ERA5 access example |
9/29 | 10 | Computational tools discussion, and Angular Momentum Budget, continued | |
10/1 | 11 | Vertical structure of the angular momentum budget and its streamlines | Assignment on angular momentum budgets in the tank handed out |
10/6 | 12 | Lab Day! Meet in the GFD teaching lab on the 1st floor of ETEC | |
10/8 | 13 | Energy budget for the atmosphere | |
10/13 | NO CLASS (Fall break) | ||
10/15 | 14 | Available Potential Energy | |
10/20 | 15 | ||
10/22 | 16 | ||
10/27 | 17 | ||
10/29 | 18 | ||
11/3 | 19 | ||
11/5 | 20 | ||
11/10 | 21 | ||
11/12 | 22 | ||
11/17 | 23 | ||
11/19 | 24 | ||
11/24 | 25 | ||
11/26 | NO CLASS (Thanksgiving break) | ||
12/1 | 26 | ||
12/3 | 27 | Class presentations |