Schedule and resources

Date	Lecture Topic	Reading	Miscellany	Homework/Exams	Links
Tue 04/01	Cloud types and morphology	L&V Ch. 1	Luke Howard: Bio, Cloud Classifier, Inventor of clouds John Constable: Bio, Cloud Painter, Paintings	Cloud Type identification pdf	Cloud Types pdf Introduction to Clouds [pdf]
Thu 04/03	Thermodynamics and stability review	L&V Ch 5	Review of static stability indices A guide to the Skew T - ln p chart Notes on convection and instability	Thermodynamics and stability homework sets pdf	Thermodynamic equations notes[pdf] Buoyancy notes[pdf] Stability notes[pdf] Thermodynamic chart notes [pdf] Skew T - ln p chart [pdf]
Tue 04/08	Thermodynamics and stablilty review	L&V Ch 5
Thu 04/10	Cloud formation. Adiabatic cooling. Parcel theory and concepts	L&V 6.1-6.3
Tue 04/15	Introduction to cloud microphysics and aerosols	L&V 2.1.4			Importance of microphysics Slides [ppt] [pdf]
Thu 04/17	Equilibria and phase	L&V 3.1-3.4			Phase diagram for water [gif] [pptx]
Tue 04/22	Multicomponent systems. Raoult and Kelvin laws.	L&V 3.5.1-3.5.4			L&V Chapter 4 Figures
Thu 04/24	Kohler theory and activation of liquid cloud droplets	L&V 4.1-4.3		Homework on cloud particle formation and condensational growth	Rogers and Yau Microphyscs Figures
Tue 04/29	Condensational growth of cloud droplets	L&V 8.1-8.3		Thermodynamics homeworks sets due	L&V Chapter 11 Figures
Thu 05/01	Ice formation and condensational growth	L&V 7.2, 8.3, 12.1-12.3	Snowflakes gallery at U. Utah
Tue 05/06		L&V 2.1 (recap) Ch 10		MIDTERM
Thu 05/08	Ice formation (contd). Growth by collection. Particle fallspeeds	L&V Ch 9		Precipitation homework
Tue 05/13	Growth by collection continued	L&V 6.4.2			Cloud Macrophysics Slides
Thu 05/15	Growth by collection	L&V 11.1-11.5		Formation/Growth Homework due	Houze stratus slides
Tue 05/20	Precipitation continued			Bulk cloud model homework	Cloud-topped mixed layer notes
Thu 05/22	Stratiform clouds - - cloud-topped mixed layer and warm rain	L&V 6.3, L&V 12.4		Precip Homework due	Encyclopedia article on St and Sc
Tue 05/27	Stratiform non-convective clouds	L&V 6.4		Cloud macrophysics homework	Stratiform non-convective cloud notes
Thu 05/29	Convective clouds - basic equations, buoyancy, parcel lifiting, entrainment, vorticity and effects on convective organization	L&V 12.5		Bulk Cloud Model homework due	Convective cloud slides Convective cloud notes
Tue 06/03	Convective clouds - precipitation, gust fronts, mesoscale convective systems	L&V 11.6
Thu 06/05	Microphysical-macrophysical interactions and aerosol indirect effects, cloud-climate feedbacks			Cloud macrophysics homework due	Cloud Feedback and Aerosol indirect effect slides
Exam Week				FINAL EXAM, Wednesday, June 11, 1030-1220, ATG 310C