Welcome to the ERTH 304, Atmospheric Science II, webpage for the Fall 2022 semester.
I will try to update this page every few days during the semester.

Above: Alejandro Espinoza-Ruiz carefully places drops of dye into a rotating tank to study the profound (and non-intuitive!) effect of rotation on fluids.

Fall 2022 Lectures: Tues. & Thurs., 12:30 - 1:45 PM.

Required book: Meteorology Today 13th edition by C. Donald Ahrens and Robert Henson.

Aug. 23, Tues., Review syllabus, some concepts from ERTH 170, and Begin Chapter 11 on Airmasses & Fronts.
Aug. 25, Thurs., Airmass source regions, airmass modification, and fronts on variety of scales.
Aug. 29, Mon., Chapter 11 Homework due at midnight.
Aug. 30, Tues., Begin Chapter 12 on mid-latitude cyclones: Polar front theory
Sept. 1, Thurs., Quiz #1. Then, Long-waves (Rossby waves), short-waves, and upper level convergence and divergence.
Sept. 6, Tues., The effect of jet cores on surface low development. Discuss vorticity.
Sept. 8, Thurs., Relative, planetary, and absolute vorticity and conservation of vorticity.
Sept. 13, Tues., Use of rotating tank
Sept. 15, Thurs., Use of rotating tank
Sept. 20, Tues., Quiz #2 on Chapter 12, and use of rotating tank
Sept. 22, Thurs., Use of rotating tank
Sept. 27, Tues., Begin Chapter 13: Weather Forecasting and numerical weather prediction. Parcels and the Lagrangian approach.
Sept. 29, Thurs., Continue numerical weather prediction: Eulerian framework, control volumes, advective terms.
Oct. 4, Tues., Use of rotating tank
Oct. 6, Thurs., Begin Chapter 14: Thunderstorms. Single and multi-cell convective storms.
Oct. 11, Tues., Complete Chapter 14 (Supercells) and begin Chapter 15 (Tornadoes)
Oct. 13, Thurs., Complete Chapter 15 and more work with the rotating tank
Oct. 18, Tues., Dangerous aspects of thunderstorms: flash floods, hail, lightning. And another rotating tank experiment.
Oct. 20, Thurs., Quiz #3 on Chapters 14 and 15.
Oct. 25, Tues., Begin Chapter 16: Hurricanes
Oct. 27, Thurs., Complete Chapter 16 on Hurricanes.
Nov. 1, Tues., Quiz #4 on Hurricanes. Then begin Chapter 17: Global Climate
Nov. 3, Thurs., Begin Chapter 18: Earth's changing climate: Climate proxies, Began orbital variations and Milankovitch cycles
Nov. 8, Tues., Continue Chapter 18: Finish Milankovitch cycles. Then solar luminosity and plate tectonics. Begin examining GoPro for Rotating Tank.
Nov. 10, Thurs., Continue Chapter 18: albedo, volcanic eruptions, impacts from meteorites, and greenhouse gas concentrations
Nov. 15, Tues., Continue Chapter 18: Keeling curve, hockey stick curve, systems and feedbacks, and representative concentration pathways
Nov. 17, Thurs., Quiz #5 on Chapters 17 & 18.
Nov. 22, Tues., Thanksgiving week. No classes.
Nov. 24, Thurs., Thanksgiving week. No classes.
Nov. 29, Tues., Chapter 19: Air pollution
Dec. 1, Thurs.,
Dec. 6, Tues.,
Dec. 8, Thurs.,
Dec 13, Tues., 2:00 - 3:50 PM. Comprehensive Final Exam

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