MSC 409, Spring 2010
Syllabus
pdfs of class presentations:
Cloud Microphysics
florida aerosols, in the news, jan. 28
background: Prospero99 JGR paper
warm cloud microstructure, feb. 2
droplet growth by condensation, feb. 4 HW3: 6.17, 6.22
droplet growth through collection, feb. 9
ice particle nucleation, feb. 11 HW4: 6.23, 6.24
ice particle growth, feb. 16
artificial modification of clouds and precip, feb. 18 HW5: 6.27, 6.28, 6.29
cloud seeding and lightning, feb. 23
mid-term review, march 4
Miami special: Project Stormfury BAMS paper
Spring Break, March 15 - 19
Radiative Transfer
the sun, mar. 23
radiative-convective equilibrium, mar. 30
surface energy balance, cloud radiative cooling, april 1
transmission, Schwarschild's eqn, april 6
clear-air infrared transfer, temperature remote sensing, april 8
low-order solar scattering (why is the sky blue), april 13
rayleigh-mie scattering, april 15
mie/geometric optics scattering, april 20
atmospheric optics, april 20
passive microwave remote sensing, april 22
EOS satellite data, april 27
two additional handouts
Joanne Simpson obituary by Dr. Robert Houze, Nature, 464, 2010, p.696
Among Weathercasters, Doubt on Global Warming, New York Times story, March. 30, 2010
some of the homeworks/exams: