Syllabus

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Projected schedule

All homework assignments are due before class on the due dates.
Please submit hard copy of your work, including the printout 
of the code(s) used in the assignment.

HW1 - released on Sunday 2/1, due Thursday 2/19
HW2 - released on Sunday 2/1, due Thursday 2/26
HW3 - released on Saturday 3/7, due Tuesday 3/24  
No class on Thursday 3/26
HW4 - released on Saturday 3/7, due Thursday 4/2
HW5 - released on 4/10, due Thursday 4/23
HW6 - released on 4/15, due Thursday 4/30
Term paper is due Thursday, May 7, at 5:00 pm.
Instructor will be at ERC 359 from 2-5 PM on May 7 to collect term papers.
                     
We have covered:

Chapter 1, whole chapter
Chapter 2, whole chapter
Chapter 3, whole chapter
Chapter 4, whole chapter
Chapter 5, whole chapter
Chapter 6, whole chapter (except the sections on lab experiments)
Chapter 7, whole chapter

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Typed slides

Solar radiation

Solar and terrestrial radiation

Atmospheric greenhouse effect

Radiative equilibrium and vertical profile of temperature

Hydrostatic balance

Potential temperature

Potential temperature and static stability

Convection and buoyancy oscillation

Adiabatic lapse rate and static stability

Effect of moisture on convection

θe and saturated adiabatic lapse rate

Coriolis effect

Governing equations in the rotating frame

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Homework

Homework #1
Solutions

Homework #2
Data for Homework #2
Matlab code for reading the data
Solutions

Homework #3
Data for Homework #3
Matlab code for reading the data
Solutions

Homework #4
Solutions

Homework #5
Solutions

Homework #6

Term Project Option 1
Guide on using Matlab to read netCDF data
A sample netCDF file used in the Guide
Link to NOAA ESRL-PSD website for archive of data

Term Project Option 2

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Matlab

Basic Matlab programming

Links to individual matlab example codes

Very basic Matlab setup guide for ASU users

Update: In p.3, the version "R2009b" is out of date.
Use R2012a/b or later versions instead.