EPS 290, Topics in Atmospheric Dynamics, Fall 2012

Overview

This course covers current and classic papers in atmospheric dynamics with an eye towards aiding students involved in graduate-level research projects.

Time

Tuesdays at 9:30

Location

377 McCone Hall

Syllabus

08/21, Kyongmin leads

• Zhang and McFarlane, Sensitivity of climate simulations to the parameterization of cumulus convection, Atmosphere-Ocean, 1995

08/28, practice quals talk by Nadir

• Domain size and convective self-aggregation

09/04, Edman leads

• Romps, Weak pressure gradient approximation and its analytical solutions, JAS, 2012

09/11, with guest Dargan Frierson (U Washington)

• Hwang, Frierson, and Kay, Coupling between Arctic feedbacks and changes in poleward energy transport, GRL, 2011

09/18, with guest Steven Krueger (U Utah)

• Golaz, Larson, and Cotton, A PDF-based model for boundary layer clouds. Part I: Method and model description, JAS, 2002

09/25, Kyongmin leads

• Blyth, Entrainment in cumulus clouds, JAM, 1993

10/02, with guest Tom Knutson (NOAA GFDL)

• Knutson et al, Tropical cyclones and climate change, Nature Geoscience, 2010

10/16, Nadir leads

• Francis and Vavrus, Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in mid-latitudes, GRL, 2012

10/23, Kyongmin leads

• Boing et al, Detrainment in deep convection, GRL, 2012

10/30, with guest Patrick Chuang (UC Santa Cruz)

• Small and Chuang, New observations of precipitation initiation in warm cumulus clouds

11/13, Edman leads

• Mapes, Gregarious tropical convection, JAS, 1993

12/18, David leads

• Tokinaga et al, Slowdown of the Walker circulation driven by tropical Indo-Pacific warming, Nature, 2012

01/08, Bowen leads

• Neggers et al, A multiparcel model for shallow cumulus convection, JAS, 2002