HEADLINES  • Welcome to this course. 
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• Synopsis - Theory & behavior of the bottom 2 km of the atmosphere, which is often turbulent and is strongly influenced by the earth's surface.
• Topic Schedule - Each week corresponds to a chapter in the textbook.  Links below show reading assignments, learning goals, and evaluations.  (Web Pages are Under Construction)
1. Mean boundary-layer characteristics
2. Statistical tools
3. Mean governing equations for turbulent flow
4. Forecast eqs for turbulent fluxes and variances
5. Turbulence kinetic energy (TKE), stability & scaling
6. Turbulence closure
7. Boundary conditions and surface forcings
8. Time-series tools
9. Similarity theory
10. Measurement and Large-eddy Simulation (LES)
11. Unstable mixed layer (daytime, convective)
12. Stable boundary layer (nighttime)
13. BL clouds and geographic effects (Ch 13 & 14)
    
• Learning Goals - By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Explain the role of turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL).
• Anticipate the daily evolution of the ABL for various situations.
• Derive the governing equations and explain the meanings of all the terms for turbulent ABL flows.
• Justify different approximations & simulations to bipass the turbulence closure problem.
  
• Use ABL parameterizations in weather and climate-simulations.
• (See detailed Learning Goals for each week.) 
  
• Instructor - Roland Stull
• Textbooks:  Stull, R.B., 1988: Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology.  Springer.  paperback.  ISBN 978-90-277-2769-5.
  
• Evaluation - Midterm exam 30%, homeworks 70%. 
• Schedule and Location. Tuesday & Thursday, 11 am - 12:30 pm, in room 326A EOS-Main.
  

Prerequisites:

• partial differential eqs,
  

or instructor permission.  Students from all faculties are welcomed to this course. 

http://www.eos.ubc.ca/courses/atsc500
Copyright © 2014 by Roland Stull.