Schedule

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 12-1:20 PM in ETEC 482.

Table 1 Class schedule

Date (2022)	Class No.	Topic and reading	Notes
8/23	0	Course overview
8/25	1	Earth’s radiation budget
8/30	2	Earth’s radiation budget, continued.
9/1	3	The observed circulation
9/6	4	The observed circulation, continued. Decomposition of the circulation, introduction.
9/8	5	Decomposition of the circulation, continued	Assignment 1 out, due in one week on 9/15
9/13	6	In-class clarifications on Assignment 1. Decomposition of the circulation, completed.
9/15	7	Angular momentum budget	Assignment 1 due! Actual due date extended to Friday 9/16
9/20	8	Angular momentum budget: conservations and torques
9/22	9	Angular momentum budget: fluxes
9/27	10	Angular momentum budget: computing fluxes from CFSR data
9/29	11	Energy budgets
10/4	12
10/6	13	Lorenz energy cycle
10/11	Hadley circulation		NO CLASS (Fall break)
10/13	14	MIDTERM EXAM
10/18	15	Planetary waves
10/20	16
10/25	17	Wave-mean-flow interaction
10/27	18
11/1	19	Storm tracks
11/3	20
11/8	21	The ocean’s role in atmospheric general circulation
11/10	22
11/15	23	Arctic amplification and mid-latitude jets
11/17	24
11/22	25	Tropical-extratropical linkages
11/24			NO CLASS (Thanksgiving break)
11/29	26	Class presentations
12/1	27	Class presentations