SIO 217B (Winter 2008)

Syllabus

Supplementary Notes

• Coriolis Notes

• Quasi-Geostrophy Notes

Helpful Websites

• Coriolis Force and Inertial Oscillations

Reading Schedule

• January 8 (Tues): Holton 1.1-1.5.2, 2.1
• January 10 (Thur): Holton 1.5.3-1.6, 2.4, (skim 2.2-3)
• January 15 (Tues): Holton 2.5-7, 3.1
• January 17 (Thur): Holton 3.2, 3.4 (skim 3.3)
• January 22 (Tues): Holton 3.5-6, 4.1-2
• January 24 (Thur): Holton 4.3-5 (skim 4.6)
• January 29 (Tues): Holton 5.1-4
• February 5 (Tues): no class due to midterms
• February 7 (Thur): Holton 6.3
• February 12 (Tues): Holton 6.4
• February 14 (Thur): Holton 6.5
• February 19 (Tues): Holton 7.1-2, (7.3-6 optional)
• February 21 (Thur): Holton 7.7
• February 26 (Tues): Holton 8.1
• February 28 (Thur): Holton 8.2
• March 4 (Tues): Holton 8.3, (8.4-5 optional)
• March 6 (Thur): Holton 10.1-3
• March 11 (Tues): Holton 11:1-3
• March 13 (Thur): final review

Homework Exercises

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6
• Exercise 7
• Exercise 8
• Exercise 9
• Exercise 10
• Exercise 11
• Exercise 12
• Exercise 13
• Exercise 14
• Exercise 15
• Exercise 16
• Quasi-Geostrophic Homework

Meteorological Data

Sample Script