Course Documents
Assignments
Assignment 1 (due 19 September)
Assignment 2 (due 22 October)
Assignment 3 (due 5 November)
Project Meetings
Andrew: Oct. 24, 1:30p
Dillon: Oct. 22, 3p
James: Oct. 25, 3p
Shayna: Oct. 24, 12p
Ilijana: Oct. 24, 2:30p
Teresa: Oct. 22, 2p
Michael: Oct. 25, 11a
Project Presentations
10 December: Andrew, Dillon, James, Shayna
12 December: Ilijana, Teresa, Michael
Lecture Notes
- 5 September: Introduction to NWP
- 10, 12 September: No Class – Instructor Travel
- 17 September: Model Equations, Resolved vs. Unresolved Scales
- 19 September: Grid-Based Model Formulation
- 24 September: Vertical Coordinates and Upper Boundary Treatment
- 26 September, 1 October: Temporal and Spatial Differencing Methods
- 3 October: Linear Numerical Stability and Implicit Damping
- 8, 10 October: No Class – Instructor Travel
- 15 October: Numerical Dispersion
- 17 October: Diffusion and Aliasing
- 22 October: Lateral Boundary Conditions
- 24 October: Microphysical Parameterization
- 29 October: Cumulus Parameterization
- 31 October, 5 November: PBL Parameterization
- 7 November: Land-Surface Models
- 12 November: Radiation Parameterization
- 14 November: Introduction to Data Assimilation and Model Initialization
- 19 November: Overview of Data Assimilation Principles
- 21 November: Introduction to the Extended/Ensemble Kalman Filters
- 26 November: Introduction to the Ensemble Adjustment Kalman Filter
- 28 November: No Class – Thanksgiving
- 3 December: Multivariate/Non-Identity Observation Data Assimilation
- 5 December: Sampling Error and Observation Localization
- 12, 14 December: Project Presentations (see schedule at left)
Class Resources
- NWP Essentials: MetEd: NWP Essentials (free MetEd account required)
- Numerical Methods: An Introduction to Atmospheric Modeling
- Numerical Modeling: ECMWF Lecture Notes (more available from left sidebar at this page)
- Parameterization Topics: An Introduction to Global Atmospheric Modeling
- Parameterizations: 2006 ASP Colloquium Presentations
- Data Assimilation: DART Lab Tutorial
- Data Assimilation: DART Tutorial
- WRF Workshop Presentations (generally at the top of each linked page)