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Week |
Topic |
Readings before Tuesday |
Readings before Thursday |
Written homework to turn in Tuesday next week in class |
1 |
Mean BL characteristics |
BLM Ch 1, p1-11. ABL p687-691. |
BLM Ch 1, p12-23. ABL p692-700 top half. |
Acquire textbooks. |
2 |
Statistical tools, TKE, eddy fluxes, Reynolds stress |
BLM Ch 2, p29-47. ABL p705-708 top half. |
BLM Ch 2, p47-62. ABL p700-702 top quarter. |
BLM Ch 2, Exercises 2, 3, 4, 5, 21, 26. |
3 |
Mean governing eqs for turbulent flow | BLM Ch 2, p63-68. ABM p711-713 top half. BLM Ch 3, p75-87 (top 3/4 of page) |
BLM Ch 3, p87-109 | BLM Ch 3, Exercises 8, 12, 19, 24. |
4 |
Forecast eqs for turbulent fluxes and variances |
BLM Ch 4, p115-134 (top half) |
BLM Ch 4, p134-147 | BLM Ch 4, Exercises 1, 2, 10, 11 (except do it for the c variance) |
5 |
Turbulence kinetic energy (TKE) forecast eqs., and flow stability concepts. |
BLM Ch 5, p151-169 top third. ABL p708-710 top paragraph. |
BLM Ch 5, p169-187. ABL p710. |
BLM Ch 5, Exercises 3, 5, 21, 22, 25. |
6 |
Turbulence closures |
BLM Ch 6, p197-224 top quarter. ABL p713-715 |
BLM Ch 6, p224-242 top quarter. T3 read first half (but skip the analytical T3 sections). Skim last half. |
BLM Ch 6, Exercises 4, 7, 12, 17, 24 a&b. |
7 |
Boundary conditions & surface forcings. |
BLM Ch 7 all, and PM p68-71. |
Midterm Exam Today. (Open books, notes, calculator) |
BLM Ch 7, Exercises 6 (but for Vancouver), and 7. (due this Thursday, bring your completed HW to the exam.) |
8 |
Statistical tools for time series |
BLM Ch 8, p295-314 |
BLM Ch 8, p315-342 & Wavelet handout. |
BLM Ch 8, Exercises 5 (0 to 90 s only), [9, 10, 11, 12 all use DFT or FFT, your choice] |
9 |
Similarity theory |
BLM Ch 9, p347-376. SRH skim all. |
BLM Ch 9, p376-395 ABL p700-703 top half. |
BLM Ch 9, Exercises 2, 3, 21, 27, 29 |
10 |
Measurement and simulation techniques, and Unstable mixed layer (part 1) |
BLM Ch 10, whole chapter. | BLM Ch 11, p441-460. ABL p697-698 |
BLM Ch 10, Exercises 3, 4, 11, 15, 20 (no tilde above Qs & Qg) |
11 |
Unstable mixed layer (daytime, convective, part 2), and Stable BL-part 1 |
BLM Ch 11, p461-487. ABL p703-704 and 735-737. |
BLM Ch 12, p499-520. ABL p696. |
BLM Ch 11, Exercises 5, 6, 7, 11, 14 (assume zi = 2 km). |
12 |
Stable boundary layer (nighttime)- part 2, and BL Clouds-part 1. |
BLM Ch 12, p520-538. SBL all. |
BLM Ch 13, p545-560 | BLM Ch 12, Exercises 1[use (w'theta's)bar = QT], 6[use Ug=G], 10. |
13 |
BL Clouds-part 2 and Geographic effects |
BLM Ch 13, p560- 578. ABL skim p159-178 . |
BLM Ch 14, whole chapter. ABL skim: 645-679. |
BLM Ch 13, Exercises 3, 4, 5, 9 BLM Ch 14, Exercises 1, 3, 5, 11 (due before Friday next week) |
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