Atmospheric Dynamics (G63.3004)

Atmospheric Dynamics (MATH-GA 3004)

Spring 2014: Tuesdays 1:25-3:15, Warren Weaver Hall 512

Assignments

The vertical structure of the atmosphere.
- Questions and Soundings
- An exerpt from Bohrne and Albrecht's 1998 text on atmospheric thermodynamics to help understanding skew-T diagrams
- Students also found these notes on skew-T diagrams by Professor Houze, at the University of Washington, to be helpful.
Atmospheric Modeling
- Here is a page about the atmospheric models that we can run at NYU.
- Details on how to run them on NYU's HPC are here.
- Please read Held and Suarez (1994) to learn more about the particular model we will use.
- Also, if you're not familiar with linux / unix systems, please try out a tutorial, such as this one. Let me know if you find other resources that are helpful.

Course Materials

Edward Lorenz's classic text "The Nature and Theory of the General Circulation of the Atmosphere"

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