class schedule: Tue 10 am- noon in ENG 6060
textbook: A survey of Mesoscale Meteorology, by Paul Markowski and Yvette Richardson. The book’s main strength regards deep convection.
course project ? An observational and
modeling study of drylines in
course materials:
· chap 2.5 pressure perturbations (ppt)
· chap 4 the boundary layer (ppt)
· chap 5 mesoscale boundaries (ppt) (lab density current) (numerical simulation)
· chap 6 mesoscale waves (ppt) (Iowa waves)
· chap 7 convective initiation (ppt)
· chap 8 organization of isolated convection (ppt) (no shear) (strong shear)
· chap 8.4 supercell dynamics (ppt)
· chapter 9 mesoscale convective systems (ppt)