ATMS 410 - Prof. Douglas K. Miller

Synoptic Meteorology I

Syllabus

Today's Weather, (WPC)

Greenville/Spartanburg Page (NWS)

NCEP Models Page

Medium-range Weather Map Loops (SUNY-Albany)

Lecture Packet#1

Lecture Packet#2

    an updated earth's global energy balance article (BAMS) - here (Trenberth, Fasullo, and Kiehl, 2009)

Lecture Packet#3

    Lecture, part B

    difficulty in simulating El Niño article (BAMS) - here (Guilyardi et al. 2009)

    Climate Prediction Center El Niño/La Niña discussion - here

    Arctic Oscillation JFM seasonal index - here , forecasts - here

    ESRL climate indices page (one stop shopping for PNA, etc.)

    Pacific Decadal Oscillation discussion - here [25 August 2016, NOAA]

Lecture Packet#4

    Major precipitation events in the NE and "flipping" between NAO+/NAO- & PNA-/PNA+ - here

    MJO teleconnections - CPC/NCEP

    El Niño events of the past and impact on the Carolinas

    Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex (Judah Cohen)

    look for atmospheric rivers here (NOAA blended TPW loops)

Lecture Packet#5

    gradient flow

    QG vorticity equation widget (MetEd COMET)

Lecture Packet#6

    Lecture, part A

Lecture Packet#7

    real-time isentropic analyses (College of DuPage [IL])

Five for Five Sign-up

Five for Five Maps

Project Groups

Project#1

    plots

Project#2

    Composite Trapezoid Rule

    plots

Project#3

    plots

Project#4

    plots

Project#5

Project#6

    plots

Project#7

    plots

Project#8

    plots

Project#9

    plots

Final Project

Quiz#1

Quiz#2

Quiz#3

Quiz#4

Formula sheet for Exam#1

Exam#1

Formula sheet for Exam#2

Exam#2

Formula sheet for Final Exam

GARP (gempak) model grid utilities

plot model soundings using NSHARP

Title IX and Sexual Misconduct

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Questions? contact dmiller at unca.edu