ATSC 5160-5007, Synoptic Meteorology

Spring 2012

Syllabus

Lecture material supplements

Listed below are a number of ppt files and external links. This material is by no means comprehensive, rather, it supplements the course. Please do not download the files that are marked under construction () yet. I will make an effort to finalize a topic a few hours before the lecture in which that topic is discussed.

• some slides from chapter 1 (ppt)
• observed structure of the planetary-scale extratropical circulation, a survey (ppt)
• introduction to airmasses and fronts (ppt)
• handout on static stability (Word)
• isentropic potential vorticity (ppt)

Homework assignments

 HW 1  HW 2   HW 3    HW 4   HW 5

Lab materials

• links:

  • softlink

  • gempak grid diagnostic functions

  • Jim Moore's MetEd modules:

    • frontogenetical circulations and stability

    • isentropic analysis

    • jet streak circulations

  • an operational approach to slantwise convection (Kent Johnson) plus the accompanying case exercise

• Lab 1   

• Lab 2 

• Lab 3   

• Lab 4  

• Lab 5   

• Lab 6    

• Lab 7    

• Lab 8 

• Lab 9

• Lab 10

Some useful weather links

region  sfc obs (lp) conus RAP surface	LAR obs last 3 days LAR wunderground	CYS NWS radar    conus RAP radar	Oolman weather (model) Oolman comp analysis
region VIS  region IR GOES east IR VIS  WV GOES west IR	US/Canada sfc data   conus sfc anal + IR Mesowest	24 hr radar mosaic msfc global satellite NEXSAT	SPC mesoanalysis RTMA SPC sounding analysis lightning (US)
Operational models: NAM GFS - PSU e-wall  - NCEP		Mesoscale models: NCAR 10 km WRF (Rockies)
weather gun	UW - Ovens - loops	LAPS (5 km CO & WY)	Pacific Northwest
prog soundings (RUC) Snowy Range 41.36,-106.32	prog soundings (NAM, RUC, GFS ...)	Bufkit PSU	WRF user
ensemble CDC - PSU	24 hr precip (MBRFC)