| Atmospheric Sciences 535 Professor R. A. Houze
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| Class Calendar |
Tests
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Notes
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graphics from class |
Cloud
Atlas |
Skew
T Resources |
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Topic
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Recommended
Reading |
Assignments |
| TYPES OF CLOUDS--Cloud morphology |
Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 1
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Cloud identification |
| THERMODYNAMICS REVIEW--Buoyancy, Ad.
Charts, Stability & Instability, Brunt-Vaisala Frequency, CAPE, CIN |
Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 2:
especially Sections 2.71 and 2.91 Wallace & Hobbs, Chapter 3: especially Sections 3.71 and 3.72 |
Vertical
Acceleration Buoyancy Components Water Weight & Press. Pert. Pressure & Entropy Thermodynamic Chart Stability Criteria Sounding Evaluation Skew-T Problems |
| MICROPHYSICS--Warm clouds, ice,
particle size distributions, bin modeling, bulk modeling,
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Cloud Dynamics, Chapter 3
Wallace & Hobbs, Chapter 6 |
Cloud Microphysics Problems Warm cloud water continuity Cold cloud water continuity |
| STRATUS CLOUDS--Cloud-topped
boundary layer |
Cloud Dynamics
Sections 5.1 and 5.2 |
Radiative Cooling at Cloud Top Cloud Top Entrainment |
| CONVECTIVE CLOUDS--Buoyancy,
pressure perturbation, entrainment, vorticity |
Cloud Dynamics Chapters 2, 7, 8, and 9:
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Convective Cloud
Vorticity Downdraft Dynamics Gust Front |