The purpose of this laboratory is to help you gain physical insight into dynamical concepts, and to introduce you to selected computational procedures appropriate to dynamical meteorology.
Each laboratory will consist of two parts: A short introductory lecture to familiarize you with the mathematical, physical and numerical tools and concepts and a series of lab exercises applying these tools to actual cases.
Topics explored in the laboratory will include:
1. Eulerian and Lagrangian derivatives
2. Geostrophic, gradient, and measured winds
3. Finite differencing techniques
4. Temperature evolution
5. Vorticity
6. Behavior of waves
7. Diagnosing vertical motion, geopotential height
8. Baroclinic instability
9. Frontogenesis (time permitting)