AOS 100/101 Weather and Climate

Severe and Hazardous Weather

Professor Gregory Tripoli tripoli@aos.wisc.edu
Office Hours TTH 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm TAs:
Stephen Ogden, AOS 100 TA, grader John Rausch, AOS 101-1,2; M 1:20pm, T 8:50 am Zach Gruskin, AOS 101-3,5; W 1:20pm, F 1:20pm Alex Kubicek. AOS 101-4; Th 8:50am

Last Nights AWESOME Convection

Last Nights AWESOME Convection

Last Nights AWESOME Convection

Who am I?
Railroad Engineer NYC? (1970-1971) Seminole? (BS, MS, FSU, 1969-1974) Tiger? (Princeton University, 1974-1976) Ram? (CSU, 1976-1987, PhD, 1986) Badger (UW professor since 1987)

Teacher and Research Meteorologist specializing in basic understanding of convective weather systems through explicit mathematical modeling of physical processes

Course Goals
Develop a basic understanding of the Earths atmosphere including the role of weather and the legacy of climate Develop a basic working knowledge of how to diagnose the current state and predict the future state of the atmosphere from online resources Develop skills to understand, observe and anticipate severe and unusual weather and climate and embrace the awe that it endears

Grading for 100 (and lecture portion of 101)

Homework Project Test 1 Test 2 Final (cumulative) 20% 15% 20% 20% 25%

* If you are taking 100 or 101 for honors credit, please send me an email to this effect so that I have your name and email address. I would like to meet with the group at the end of the class on Monday, September 10, 2012.

Basic Lecture Structure

10-15 minute discussion of current weather, pointing to applications of the current topicon special occasions, this discussion may take longer or all of the class time Answer questions from class regarding reading assignment Lecture designed to expand and embellish selected topics from reading or introduce topics not found in reading

Text Book
Severe and Hazardous Weather
By Robert M Rauber, John Walsh, Donna Charlevoix Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa

Material for Which You Will Responsible

The class is divided into 6 subject areas for which lectures are built. The lecture subject each day will appear in the syllabus. Dates of when subjects will be covered are estimated in the syllabus now, but will be modified as we move ahead or behind the schedule Specific text book chapters will be assigned in the syllabus. You are expected to read this material before class. Lectures will be designed to discuss text book material, but may not cover all of the material presented in the text book. You still are responsible for material not covered unless I specifically say that you are not responsible for certain material. It is your responsibility to ask questions to clarify subjects that you do not understand. Generally, homework questions will be a good guide to the questions appearing on the tests.

Grading for 101

Lecture Discussion/Laboratory 75% 25%

Homework
A homework will be assigned every other week Assignments will consist of:
Problems in the text Problems based on Lecture material

Homework will be handed in electronically

Term Projects
1. Clouds and Optical Phenomena Project
1. Managed by Alex Kubicek, 101 TA (akubicek@wisc.edu) 2. 10% of lecture grade

2. Hurricane Tracking
1. Managed by Zach Gruskin, 101 TA (gruskin@wisc.edu) 2. 5% of lecture grade

Syllabus
I. Introduction A. 9/5, 9/7 B. 9/10 C. 9/12 D. 9/14 Introduction, Atmospheric Variables Measurements Weather Maps Computer Models Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4

Syllabus
II. Basic Physical Processes A. 9/17, 9/19 Climate, Global Change B. 9/21, 9/24 Humidity, Cloud Physics C. 9/26 Atmospheric Stability D. 9/28 Forces and balances E. 10/1 High and Low pressure systems F. 10/3,10/5 Gen Circ, energy transfer II G. 10/8 El Nino/La Nina, ENSO Ch 5 L Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 8 L Ch 23

Syllabus
III. Tropical Cyclones A. 10/10-10/12 Tropical Cyclones 10/15 Review 10/17 Test 1 Ch 23

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IV. Thunderstorms A. 10/19 B. 10/22 C. 10/24 D. 10/26 E. 10/29 F. 10/31 Basic thunderstorm structure Tornadoes Hail Lightning Tornado Spotting Downbursts Ch 18 Ch 19 Ch 20 Ch 21 L Ch 22

Syllabus
V. Lake Effect Snow A. 11/2 Lake Effect Storms Ch 13

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V. Mountain Meteorology A. 11/5 Mountain Thunderstorms B. 11/7 Mountain Snow Storms C. 11/9 Mountain Wind Storms L Ch 16 Ch 17

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VI. Fronts and Cyclones A. 11/12 Air Masses and Fronts B. 11/14,11/16 Extratropical Cyclones I C. 11/21,11/23 Extratropical Cyclones II Ch 19 Ch 10 Ch 11

11/26 Review 11/28 Test 2

Syllabus
VII. Other Unusual Weather A. 11/30 Special Topics B. 12/3 Ice Storms C. 12/5 Cold Waves D. 12/7 Blizzards E. 12/10 Floods F. 12/12 Drought G. 12/14 Heat waves L Ch 13 Ch 14 Ch 15 Ch 25 Ch 26 Ch 27

Review Session, TBD Final Exam, 12/17, 12:25-2:25 pm