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DynamicalMeteorology(NS-MO402M)September 2108 - January 2019

Lectures:AarnoutvanDelden(a.j.vandelden@uu.nl)Assistant:JuhiNagori(j.v.nagori@uu.nl)

LecturesonFriday,11:00-12:45TutorialsonWednesday,13:15-17:00

FirstintroductorylectureonWednesday,12September2018,13:15-17:00RoomRuppert-building116(Leuvenlaan21,3584CEUtrecht)

SecondlectureonFriday,14September2018,11:00-12:45RoomUnnik-building311(Heidelberglaan2,3584CS)

FirsttutorialonWednesday,19September2018,13:15-17:00RoomRuppert-building119(Leuvenlaan21,3584CEUtrecht)

Lecturenotes:hXp://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~delde102/AtmosphericDynamics[2018]Ch1.pdfWebsite:hXp://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~delde102/dynmeteorology.htmPlan:hXp://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~delde102/PlanDynamicalMeteorology2018-2019.pdfInforma7on:hXps://uu.blackboard.com(USERNAME&PASSWORDneeded)

Schedule2018-2019Lectures Friday 11:00-12:45 in weeks 37-50 of 2018 (except week 45), 2-4 of 2019

Practical (exercise) sessions Wednesday 13:15-17:00 in weeks 37-50 of 2018 (except week 45), 2-4 of 2019

Exam First period week 50 (Wednesday, December 19, 2019) (retake: week 5, 2019)

No lectures or practical sessions on Wednesday, 7/11/2018, on Friday, 9/11/2018 and on Friday, 21/12/2018

Excursion KNMI Not yet set

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Lecturenotes

For sale (unfortunately next week!) at A-Eskwadraat (2nd floor of BBG; as pdf on blackboard)

Download: http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~delde102/AtmosphericDynamics[2018]Ch1.pdf

Onlychapters0and1areavailableinprintedform

Lecturenotes

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LectureNotes:contentofchapter1

Lecture notes include a list of contents, an abstract, a reference list, but not an index…

A good learning method is to make your own index

LectureNotes:contentofchapter1

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DynamicalMeteorology:gradinganddates

Grading(weights)(incouples)Project0:17.5%(essay,problem0.4)Project1:12.5%(problem1.6)Project2:20%(problem1.24)Exam:50%(minimumgrade:5/10)

DatesofdeadlinesProject0(problem0.4,page13):18January2019Project1(problem1.6,page41):28September2018Project2(problem1.24,page170):16or23January(oralpresentabon)Exam:19December2018(retakeinweek5of2019)

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Prior knowledge

Subject matter for the exam on 19 December 2018: sections 1.1-1.7, 1.9-1.12, 1.14-1.26, 1.31-1.40, 3.1-3.3, 3.4-3.6, 9.3-9.8 of the lecture notes

If you have passed the bachelors course Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, you will be familiar with much of the subject matter of sections 1.1-1.7, except maybe with the complications associated with the fact that the atmosphere is a compressible fluid.

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Book Holton, J.R., 2004: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, fourth edition. Academic Press, 535pp. The first (1972), second (1979) and third (1992) edition are also very useful.

Jim Holton died suddenly (while running) in 2004.

A fifth edition of Holton’s book has appeared in 2012 with Gregory Hakim as co-author. This is edition is no better than the fourth edition

Electronic version of the 4th edition is available as pdf (blackboard)

Introduction (central question) What is atmospheric dynamics? Variables: pressure, temperature, density and velocity Basic equations derived from budgets of mass, energy and momentum Potential temperature and Exner function Introduction to project 0 (problem 0.4,Essay) (in couples)

Preface and section 1.1-1.3 of the lecture notes

12/9/2018 (Wednesday)

DynamicMeteorology:lecture1

Plan:hXp://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~delde102/PlanDynamicalMeteorology2018-2019.pdf