GEOG/ATMOS 622.01: Boundary Layer Climatology - Winter 2008
ver. Jan 24, 2008
Week	Day	Date	Topic 1	Topic 2	Exercise	Readings	lecture #
1	W	2-Jan
	F	4-Jan	Introduction to Micrometeorlogy	numerics and statistics	visit web page	Arya (A) CH1	1
2	M	7-Jan	EM Radiation		Assign: Ex 1 Radiation Laws		2
	W	9-Jan	EM Radiation (cont.)
	F	11-Jan	EM Radiation (cont.)			A CH 2
3	M	14-Jan	Surface Energy Budget 1	Primary Micromet. Instruments, E. budget and snow melt	Due: Ex 1,  Assign: Ex 2 Surface Energy Budget	A CH 2	3,4
	W	16-Jan	Surface Energy Budget 2	Bowen ratio		A CH 3	5
	F	18-Jan	Ground Thermal Variations			A CH 4	6
4	M	21-Jan	Martin Luther King Jr. Day	No Class
	W	23-Jan	Temperature and Humidity in the PBL	thermo. review	Due: Ex 2	A CH 5, pp 62-74	8
	F	25-Jan	Exam 1 Review	Quiz 1: Ground Thermal Variations	Hand out Take Home Exam 1
5	M	28-Jan	potentially no class, will email you.					G
	W	30-Jan	potentially no class, will email you.					G
	F	1-Feb	James Degrand Buckeye Weather Station		Return Quiz 1			G
6	M	4-Feb	solar power in OH					P
	W	6-Feb	Wind distribution in the PBL		Due: Take Home Exam, Assign: Ex 3, Radiosonde profiles and stability	A CH6 89, 99-112	12
	F	8-Feb	Exam 2 review
7	M	11-Feb	Exam 2 (in class)		Quiz 2: Winds and Stability		13
	W	13-Feb	Introduction to viscous flows		Due: Ex 3, Assign Ex 4: viscous flow and turbulence, Return Quiz 2	A CH 7, 7.1-7.3, 7.6-7.8	14
	F	15-Feb	video lecture: Fundamentals of Turbulence			A CH 8 A 9.2.1-9.2.2	15	N
8	M	18-Feb	Eddy viscosity/diffusivity	aerodynamic roughness		A 10.1	16
	W	20-Feb	Wind Speed Profile		Due: Ex 4,  Assign: Ex 5: Log wind speed profile	A 10.2, 10.3, 12.4.4	17
	F	22-Feb	Thermal Stratification	Monin-Obukhov similarity theory		A 11.1, 11.2, 11.5.5	18
9	M	25-Feb	Evaporation theory and methods			A 11.5.3, A 12.4.4	19
	W	27-Feb	Vegetation Microclimates	LAI, and Carbon Flux	Due: Ex 5	Parts of A CH 15	20
	F	29-Feb	Urban Climates/Microclimates, Pollution and its Dispersion	pollution dispersion		A 14.5, +	21
10	M	3-Mar	Local Winds				22
	W	5-Mar	Mesoscale meteorology		Quiz 3, Pollution and Local Winds	Hand out final review sheet	23
	F	7-Mar	Remote Sensing of the PBL				24
11	M	10-Mar	Exam 3 Review Session		Return Quiz 3
	W	12-Mar	Exam (3) 1:30 PM - 3:18 PM
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