ATM S 547, Spring Quarter 2002

Boundary Layer Meteorology

Instructor: Professor Chris Bretherton
704 Atmospheric Sciences Bldg., 685-7414
breth@atmos.washington.edu

Lectures: MWF, 12:30-1:20PM; ATG 310c

Prerequisites: 505 (fluids) or permission of instructor

Textbook: The Atmospheric Boundary Layer, by J. R. Garratt, 1992, Cambridge University Press, 316 pp.

Course Description:

Turbulence and turbulent fluxes, averaging. Convection and shear instability. Monin-Obukhov similarity theory, surface roughness. Wind profiles. Organized large eddies. Convective and stably stratified boundary layers. Energy fluxes at ocean and land surfaces, diurnal cycle. Cloud-topped boundary layers. Measurement technologies. Boundary layer modelling and parameterization.

Syllabus (pdf)

Lecture notes (pdf)

Note that the following substitute classes have been scheduled. All are at the regular class time and place: