METR 4433
Mesoscale Meteorology
Course Home Page (Spring 2007)
Lecture Time: Tuesday, Thursday 11:30 -12:45 pm
Location: NWC 5720
Instructors:
Dr. Ming Xue
mxue@ou.edu
NWC 2502
Tel: 325 6037
http://twister.ou.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 - 3:30pm
We will also use http://learn.ou.edu for grade posting etc.
Syllabus and Knowledge
Expectations
Class Policy
Other Information, including important dates
Belustein Review Article
Chapter 1. Introduction to Mesoscale Meteorology
Chapter 2. Mountain forced flows
2.1. Mountain waves and severe downlope winds, and other forced orographic phenomena
2.2. Orographic precipitation Lecture notes and Houze book sections
Homework Assignment #1
Fortran Basics
Chapter 3. Planetary Boundary Layer and Related Phenomena
3.1. Planetary boundary layer and its
structure
3.2. Drylines
3.3 Low-level Jet Blackardar (1957) paper
Study Guide for Exam 1. Example test from past (will be e-mailed)
Grade distribution.
Chapter 4. Convective Dynamics
4.1. Introduction to Moist Atmospheric Convection
4.2. Single-cell Storms Presentation for 4.1 and 4.2.
4.3. Multicell Thunderstorms
Lin et al (1998), Lin
and Joyce (2001), and Fovell
and Tan (1998) papers on cell regeneration in multicell
storm
Houze book gust front and microbust sections.
Term project assigment.
4.4. Squall Lines
4.5. Bright Bands, Bow Echoes and Mesoscale Convective Complexes
Exam 2 Study Guide Grade Distribution
4.6. Supecell Storms and Dynamics
Past homework 2 and solution (consider this a study/review aid)
4.7. Tornadoes and Tornado Dynamics
Chapter 5. Hurricanes
Final Exam Study Guide Past final exam question and answer
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