Class number 13/27  Wed Mar 2, 2011  Sil notes

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Loose ends from last class?
Starting to think about projects?

Today's material: 1D view of convecting layers (contd)

Briefing


Wiki-HW1 done -- but CAPE energy units needs a revisit

  1. Boussinesq equation set notes (3p pdf)
    1. Randall notes on Anelastic and Boussinesq equation sets
  2. Boussinesq energy equations (5p pdf) for convecting fluid
  3. 1D views of convecting layers: some M&R figures from Ch. 4 and supplements.
  4. Spectral gap? no! (ppt from Harm Jonker, Delft)    (much longer version)
  5. Troposphere as a boundary layer (convectively maintained or turbulent layer) -- at how large a scale might this idea make sense?
    1. RCE for the whole world; whole tropics; whole convecting tropics?
      1. How long is long enough? Lenschow et al. 1994 pdf 
      2. Integral time scale (-inf to inf integral of autocorrelation) for deep convection? Looooooooong tails.

Open questions, assignments, and loose ends for next class: Do it on the Wiki!

Testable questions about today's material:

Do it in the Wiki!