Textbook: Wallace and Hobbs: Atmospheric Science: An
Introductory
Survey (2nd edition) Academic
Press
(Elsevier)
Companion
website for Textbook Contains answers to the exercises
at the end of the chapters in the book, list of errata, list of useful
URL’s,
thermodynamic charts, and complete solutions for a subset of the
exercises
posed at the end of the chapters.
http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companion.jsp?ISBN=9780127329512
| Week |
Lecture Topics |
Suggested Exercises |
Reading |
| 1 9/28-9/30 W-F |
Introduction lecture1-1.pdf lecture1-2 materials lecture1-3 materials |
1.10-1.18, 1.20 |
Ch 1 |
| 2 10/3-10/7 M-Th F (Quiz 1) |
The Earth System lecture2-1& 2-2 materials lecture2-3.pdf lecture2-3.pdf quiz1key.pdf |
2.10, 2.14, 2.15a, 2.16 (CO2 only), 2.18-2.21 | Ch 2 |
| 3 10/10-10/14 M-Th F (Quiz 2) |
Thermodynamics 1 quiz2key.pdf |
3.19-3.24, 3.26-3.31 (there is
an error in eq 3.106 where T should be Gamma) |
Ch 3 through 3.4 |
| 4 10/17-10/21 M-Th F (Quiz 3) |
Thermodynamics 2 my lecture notes on Holton Ch2 (see especially pages 7-11) Th: John M. Wallace will guest lecture quiz3key.pdf |
3.32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43,
45, 47, 48, 53a, 53b skew T - ln p chart |
Ch 3 3.5 to end 8.3.1 |
| 5 10/24-10/28 M-Th F (Quiz 4) |
Radiative Transfer 1 M: Tom Ackerman will guest lecture lecture5-2.pdf Hurricane Carnot Cycle paper quiz4key.pdf |
3.58-3.62; 4.12-4.16 |
Sections 4.1-4.2 |
| 6 10/31-11/4 M-Th F (Quiz 5) |
Radiative Transfer 2 1D model to explore, Ray Pierrehumbert Physics Today article on LTE and radiation lecture6-1.pdf lecture6-2.pdf quiz5key.pdf |
4.17 - 4.23, 4.26, 4.27, 4.29,
4.30, 4.35 For answer to problem 4.19: these matlab script compute and plot solar insolation on Earth as a function of obliquity, eccentricity, and longitutde of perihelion (get both, run plotsun.m) sun.m, plotsun.m Try running an energy balance model to see how Earth responds (not required) I disagree with some of the published answers. I find 4.20 should be 4.5x10^(-10), 4.21a should be 18 deg C, and 4.27 should be about 7 W/m2. Let me know if you think differently. |
Sections 4.3-4.4 |
| 7 11/7-11/10 x M-W Th (no quiz) (Veteran's Day on Friday) |
Radiative Transfer 3: All guest
lectures M & Tu: Tyler Thorsen notes slides W: Telecon with Churchill Th: Kelly McKusker notes slides |
4.39 - 4.41, 4.43, 4.45 - 4.49,
4.52, 4.56 look at these as a last resort only! page1, 2, 3, 4 (page 3 has been corrected since first posting) |
Sections 4.5-4.6 |
| 8 11/14-11/18 x M-Th F (Quiz 6) |
Chemistry 1: All guest lectures M: Lyatt Jaegle - Overview Tu: Tad Anderson - Aerosols W: Joel Thornton - Tropospheric Chemistry Th: Becky Alexander - Geochemical Cycles notes slides quiz6key.pdf |
5.13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21 Exercises on aerosols with solutions Chemistry problems from Prof Wallace (hint for 1a, show that the coefficient of [O*] in the equation for d[O*]/dt is large compared to k1, which means any small variation in the equilibrium value of [O*] is quickly damped away. Also think of this as if you are computing a lifetime, which is very short. See WH eq 5.98 if necessary) |
Ch 5 through 5.6 |
| 9 11/21-11/23 M-W (Thanksgiving Week) |
Chemistry 2 lecture9-2.pdf and Cloud Microphysics 1 lecture9-3.pdf |
6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13, 6.15,
6.17, 6.26 |
Sections 5.7-6.2 |
| 10 11/28-12/2 M-Th F (Quiz 7) |
Cloud Microphysics 2 nice snowflake website and Boundary Layer Processes 1 quiz7key.pdf |
6.16, 6.18, 6.26, 6.29, 6.31 |
Sections 6.3-6.6, 9.1, 9.2 (skip 9.1.5, 9.1.6) |
| 11 12/5-12/9 M-F |
Boundary Layer Processes 2 lecture11-1.pdf and Climate lecture11-3.pdf |
9.7, 9.11 (for Reynold's
averaging practice), 9.25 10.7, 10.13, 10.16a, 10.17c,d, 10.18, 10.19, 10.20, 10.23, Optional 10.24, 10.25, 10.26 parta (ignore the figure I drew for 10.20, also I see I am off a bit on 10.17b), partb |
Sections 9.3, 9.4, 10.1,10.2.2c,d, 10.2.3, 10.3 (or p 425-431 and 437-450) |