MPO 531, Spring 2007


Course Description


  • syllabus part I: Cloud Physics
  • Jan. 18 lecture - observed properties of fair-weather Cumulus
  • Feb. 1 slides - Ice Nucleation and Particle Growth
  • Feb. 6, excerpts from the 2007 IPCC summary
  • Feb. 22, Hugh Willoughby, STORMFURY


  • First Paper presentations
    1. Durkee et al. 2000 Monterey Area Ship Experiment, Virendra Ghate
    2. POCS/RIFTS Obs of open/closed cells in stratocumulus, David Painemal
    3. Florida Ice Ice Nuclei and microphysics above Florida, Guy Cascella
    4. Dust/Precip Suppression of precipitation by desert dust, Derek Ortt
    5. Cantrell06 Production of Ice in Clouds, Emily Riley
    6. Cantrell06 Aerosol Indirect Effects: A Global Overview, Atul Kapur

  • April 25, optical phenomena (liquid drops only)

  • Second presentations
    1. Hurricane Microphysics: Ice vs Water, Derek Ortt presentation abstract
    2. 3D water vapor and cloud variations associated w/ the MJO, Emily Riley presentation abstract weighting_functions
    3. Thermal Equilibrium of the Atmosphere w/ fixed RH, Atul Kapur presentation abstract
    4. Introduction to the Near-Time QuikSCAT Data, Guy Cascella presentation abstract
    5. Determination of the optical thickness and effective radius of clouds from reflected solar radiation measurements, David Painemal presentation abstract
    6. Stratus Cloud parameter retrieval from Doppler radar, Virendra Ghate presentation abstract