
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)
- Lecture 1
Introduction; instabilities
- Lecture 2
Turbulent flow
- Lecture 3
Turbulent fluxes and TKE budgets
- Lecture 4
Boundary layer turbulence and mean wind profiles
- Lecture 5
Surface roughness and the logarithmic sublayer
- Lecture 6
Monin-Obuhkov similarity theory
- Lecture 7
BL wind profiles and large eddy structure in convective and neutral BLs
- Lecture 8
K-theory parameterizations of BL turbulence
- Lecture 9
Nonlocal parameterizations of BL turbulence
- Lecture 10
Surface energy balance
- Lecture 11
Surface evaporation and soil moisture
- Lecture 12
Diurnal cycle over land
- Lecture 13
Stable boundary layers
- Lecture 14
Oceanic and cloud-topped BLs - observations
- Lecture 15
Cloud-topped mixed-layers I
- Lecture 16
Cloud-topped mixed-layers II
- Lecture 17
Shallow cumulus convection
- Student presentations will be We 5 Jun and Th 7 Jun.
Note that the following substitute classes have been scheduled.
All are at the regular class time and place:
- No class Mo 01 Apr - makeup 1p Tu 09 Apr, ATG 610(1-1:30)/406(1:30-1:50)
- No class We 03 Apr - makeup on 1:30 Mo 15 Apr, location TBD
- No class We 17 Apr - makeup on 1:30 Tu 23 Apr, ATG 310c
- No class Mo 29 Apr - makeup on 1:30 Tu 07 May, ATG 310c
- No class We 01 May - makeup on 1:30 Tu 14 May, ATG 310c
- No class Mo 20 May - makeup on 1:30 Tu 28 May, ATG 310c
- No class We 22 May - makeup on 1:30 Tu 02 Jun, ATG 310c
- No class Mo 27 May - Memorial Day holiday
Homeworks (pdf)
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