SIO 209 (Fall 2009)

Syllabus

Week 1 (September 29)

• Iacobellis, S. F., J. R. Norris, M. Kanamitsu, M. Tyree, and D. R. Cayan, 2009: Climate variability and California low-level temperature inversions. California Energy Commission Publication CEC-500-2009-020-D

• Sam Iacobellis presentation

Week 2 (October 6)

• Ferreria, S. R., and E. V. Shipp, 2005: Historical meteorological analysis in support of the 2003 San Joaquin Valley PM10 state implementation plan. Final report

• Lehrman, D., B. Knuth, and D. Fairley, 2001: Characterization of the CCOS 2000 measurement period. Interim Report

• Joel Norris presentation

Week 3 (October 13)

• No class

Week 4 (October 20)

• Watson, J. G., and J. C. Chow, 2002: A wintertime PM2.5 episode at the Fresno, CA, supersite. Atmos. Env., 36, 465-475

• Bao, J.-W., S. A. Michelson, P. O. G. Persson, I. V. Djalalova, and J. M. Wilczak, 2008: Observed and WRF-simulated low-level winds in a high-ozone episode during the Central California Ozone Study. J. Appl. Met. Climatol., 47, 2371-2394

• (background) Zhong, S., C. D. Whiteman, and X. Bian, 2004: Diurnal evolution of three-dimensional wind and temperature structure in California's Central Valley. J. Appl. Met., 43, 1679-1699.

• Doug Collins presentation

Week 5 (October 27)

• Milionis, A. E., and T. D. Davies, 2008: A comparison of temperature inversion statistics at a coastal and a non-coastal location influenced by the same synoptic regime. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 94, 225-239

• Tennekes, H., 1973: A model for the dynamics of the inversion above a convective boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 30, 558-567

• Melanie Zauscher presentation

• Jack Cahill presentation

Week 6 (November 3)

• Wakimoto, R. M., 1987: The Catalina Eddy and its effect on pollution over Southern California. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 837-855

• Conil, S., and A. Hall, 2006: Local regimes of atmospheric variability: a case study of Southern California. J. Climate, 19, 4308-4325

• (background) Green, M. C., L. O. Myrup, and R. G. Flocchini, 1992: A method for classification of wind field patterns and its application to Southern California. Int. J. Climatol., 12, 111-135

• (background) Hughes, M., and A. Hall, 2009: Local and synoptic mechanisms causing Southern California's Santa Ana winds. Climate Dyn., accepted

• Daniel Baggenstos presentation

Week 7 (November 10)

• Prezerakos, N. G., 1998: Lower tropospheric structure and synoptic scale circulation patterns during prolonged temperature inversions over Athens, Greece. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 60, 63-76

• Flocas, H., A. Kelessis, C. Helmis, M. Petrakakis, M. Zoumakis, and K. Pappas, 2009: Synoptic and local scale atmospheric circulation associated with air pollution episodes in an urban Mediterranean area. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 95, 265-277

• Lindsay Hatch presentation

Week 8 (November 17)

• Dacre, H. F., S. L. Gray, and S. E. Belcher, 2007: A case study of boundary layer ventilation by convection and coastal processes. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D17106, doi:10.1029/2006JD007984

• Lu, R., and R. P. Turco, 1994: Air pollutant transport in a coastal environment. Part I: two-dimensional simulations of sea-breeze and mountain effects. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2285-2308

• Mike Pritchard presentation

Week 9 (November 24)

• Prtenjak, M. T., A. Jericevic, L. Kraljevic, I. H. Bulic, T. Nitis, and Z. B. Klaic, 2009: Exploring atmospheric boundary layer characteristics in a severe SO2 episode in the north-eastern Adriatic. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 4467-4483

• Rappengluck, R. Perna, S. Zhong, and G. A. Morris, 2008: An analysis of the vertical structure of the atmosphere and the upper-level meteorology and their impact on surface ozone levels in Houston, Texas. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D17315, doi:10.1029/2007JD009745