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Atmospheric Dynamics (ATM121)
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter01-Part01-Forces.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter01-Part02-MaterialDerivative.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter01-Part03-Continuity.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter01-Part04-Thermodynamics.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter01-Part05-VerticalCoordinates.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter01-Part06-VerticalCoordinates2.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter02-Part01-ScaleAnalysis.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter02-Part02-ScaleAnalysis2.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter02-Part03-Buoyancy.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter03-Part01-NaturalCoordinates.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter03-Part02-BalancedFlow.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter03-Part03-ThermalWind.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter03-Part04-VerticalMotion.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter03-Part05-DevelopingLow.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter04-Part01-Vorticity.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter04-Part02-VorticityEquation.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter04-Part03-PotentialVorticity.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter04-Part04-MountainWaves.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter04-Part05-VerticalStructure.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter05-Part01-NorwegianCycloneModel.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter05-Part02-EquationsOfQGTheory.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter05-Part03-SynopticScaleWaves.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter05-Part04-GeopotentialTendency.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter05-Part05-QGPotentialVorticity.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter05-Part06-BaroclinicInstability.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter06-Part01-WaveMotion.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter06-Part02-RossbyWaves.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter06-Part03-InternalGravityWaves.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter06-Part04-TropicalDynamics.pdf
AtmosphericDynamics-Chapter06-Part05-MRGWaves.pdf
The Art of Climate Modeling (ATM265, Spring 2019)
Lecture 01 - Overview and History
Lecture 02 - CESM Overview
Lecture 03 - Horizontal Discretizations
Lecture 04 - Temporal Discretizations
Lecture 05 - Vertical Discretizations
Lecture 06 - Diffusion, Filters and Fixers
Lecture 07 - Supercomputing
Lecture 08 - Variable Resolution Modeling
Lecture 09 - Turbulence, Clouds, and Moisture
Lecture 10 - Radiation
Lecture 11 - Tuning
Lecture 12 - Model Intercomparison
Lecture 13 - Operational Models
Lecture 14 - Modern Climate Modeling
Lecture 15 - Future of Climate Modeling
Climate Dynamics (ATM241, Spring 2020)
Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Energy
Lecture 03 - Atmospheric Structure
Lecture 04a - Dynamics Review
Lecture 04b - Dry Convection
Lecture 04c - Moist Convection
Lecture 05 - General Circulation
Lecture 06 - Near Surface Flow
Lecture 07 - The Ocean
Lecture 08 - Ocean Dynamics
Lecture 09a - Wind Driven Circulation (Part 1)
Lecture 09b - Wind Driven Circulation (Part 2)
Lecture 10 - Thermohaline
Lecture 11a - Climate Oscillations
Lecture 11b - ENSO
Lecture 12 - Paleoclimate
Lecture 13 - Climate Change
Climate Dynamics Figures (From ERA5, SODA3, and USGS)
ERA5 2m dewpoint temperature (climo)
ERA5 mean sea level pressure (DJF)
ERA5 mean sea level pressure (JJA)
ERA5 mean sea level pressure (climo)
ERA5 daily average precipitation (climo)
ERA5 average precipitation minus evaporation (climo)
ERA5 zonal average specific humidity (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 zonal average relative humidity (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 sea surface temperatures (DJF)
ERA5 sea surface temperatures (JJA)
ERA5 sea surface temperatures (climo)
ERA5 YZ streamfunction (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 zonal average surface variables (msl, u10, v10)
ERA5 zonal average surface variables (msl, pr)
ERA5 2m temperature (climo)
ERA5 zonal average temperature (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 zonal average potential temperature (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 zonal average equivalent potential temperature (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 zonal average zonal velocity (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 zonal average meridional velocity (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 zonal average eddy temperature flux (climo, DJF, JJA)
ERA5 200hPa and 925hPa wind vectors (climo)
Potential density temperature-salinity state diagram for ocean water
SODA3 stratification at 200m depth (climo)
SODA3 mean zonal and meridional velocity (climo)
SODA3 mean and std dev current velocity (climo)
SODA3 Atlantic ocean surface and 500m velocity vectors (climo)
SODA3 Global ocean surface and 500m velocity vectors (climo)
SODA3 Indian ocean surface and 500m velocity vectors (climo)
SODA3 Pacific ocean surface and 500m velocity vectors (climo)
SODA3 mixed layer depth by temperature (DJF,JJA)
SODA3 Pacific zonal average zonal wind stress (climo)
SODA3 Pacific zonal average zonal current speed (climo)
SODA3 depth of 1026.5 kg/m3 density surface (climo)
SODA3 zonal average potential density (climo)
SODA3 zonal average salinity (climo)
SODA3 derived Ekman vertical velocity (climo)
SODA3 sea surface height anomaly (climo)
SODA3 near-surface salinity (climo)
SODA3 zonal average potential temperature (climo)
SODA3 surface wind stress (climo)
USGS topographic profile at 0 degrees longitude
USGS topographic profile at 180 degrees longitude
Course Notes and Reference Materials
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Reference Sheet
(by Paul Ullrich)
AOSS 605: The Art of Climate Modeling - Lectures on Numerical Methods
(by Paul Ullrich)
Introduction to Computational Mathematics
(by Hans De Sterck and Paul Ullrich)
Introduction to Computational PDEs
(by Hans De Sterck and Paul Ullrich)
Reference Sheet for MAPLE
(by Paul Ullrich)
Corresponding MAPLE Worksheet
(by Paul Ullrich)
Projects
Shallow Water Pokémodel
- A small shallow water model for learning purposes written in Matlab
External Materials
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX
The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
MATLAB Reference Sheet
(by Jialong He)
Introduction to Curvilinear Coordinates
(by Prof. Rebecca Brannon)