EPS 290, Topics in Atmospheric Dynamics, Fall 2023

Overview

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

Time

Thursdays at 2

Location

382 McCone Hall

Syllabus

8/23, Yi-Chuan leads

• Lo et al., Optimal heat stress metric for modeling heat-related mortality varies from asdfcountry to country, IJ of Climatology, 2023

8/30, Zhenyu leads

• Brown et al., Estimating stratospheric carbon from fires during a regional nuclear exchange, Fire Safety J, 2023

9/6, Nathaniel leads

• Salmon, Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1998, sections 4.1-4.5

9/13, Nathaniel leads

• Salmon, Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1998, sections 4.6-4.10

9/20, Harsha leads

• Salmon, Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1998, sections 5.1-5.4

9/27, Harsha leads

• Salmon, Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1998, sections 6.1-6.3

10/4, Yi Dai leads

• Spaulding-Astudillo and Mitchell, The emergence of relaxation-oscillator convection on Earth and Titan, Plan Sci J, 2023

10/11, Zhenyu leads

• Yu et al., Radiative forcing from the 2014-2022 volcanic and wildfire injections, GRL, 2023

10/18, Yi-Chuan leads

• Lorenz, The predictability of a flow which possesses many scales of motion, Tellus, 1969

10/25, Isabel leads

• Vo et al., Urban effects on local cloud patterns, PNAS, 2023

11/2, Rusen leads

• Jacobs, Stochastic processes for physicists, 2010, chapter 1

11/9, Yi Zhang leads

• Jacobs, Stochastic processes for physicists, 2010, chapter 2

11/16, Quentin leads

• Jacobs, Stochastic processes for physicists, 2010, chapter 3, sections 3.1-3.6.1, problems 1-6 and 9

11/30, Yi Zhang leads

• Jacobs, Stochastic processes for physicists, 2010, chapter 3, sections 3.6.2-3.9, problems 7, 8, and 10-14

12/7, Rusen leads

• Jacobs, Stochastic processes for physicists, 2010, chapter 4, take 1