ESS 124: Weather Analysis (Spring 2011) [syllabus]
Lecture: Tuesday & Thursday 9:30-10:50, Roland Hall 184

INSTRUCTOR

Professor Jin-Yi Yu
Office: 3315 Croul Hall
Phone: (949) 824-3878
Email: jyyu@uci.edu
http://www.ess.uci.edu/~yu/

DESCRIPTION

This course provides an overview of weather systems in midlatitudes and tropics. The fundamental dynamics responsible for these weather systems are described. Elementary weather analysis and forecasting techniques are introduced.

TEXTBOOK

  • Robert Rauber, et al., "Severe and Hazardous Weather" (3rd Edition), Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.

  • SYLLABUS

    Week 1: Property, Measurement, and Westher Map
  • (Ch1) Properties of the Atmosphere
  • (Ch2) Meteorological Measurements
  • (Ch3) Weather Map
  • [classnote #1: Properties] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 3/30/2011
  • [classnote #2: Measurements] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 4/29/2011
  • [classnote #3: Weather Maps] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 4/29/2011

    Week 2: Stability and Force
  • (Ch 6): Atmospheric Instability
  • (Ch 7): Forces and Force Balances
  • [classnote #6: Stability] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 4/29/2011
  • [classnote #7: Force] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 4/29/2011

    Week 3: High/Low Pressure System and Air Masses
  • (Ch 8): The Development of High- and Low-Pressure Systems
  • (Ch 9): Air Masses and Fronts
  • [classnote #8: Developments of Low/High] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 4/29/2011
  • [classnote #9: Airmass and Frcont] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 4/29/2011

    Week 4: Extratropical Cyclones
  • (Ch 10): Extratropical Cyclones Forcming East of the Rocky Mountains
  • (Ch 11): Extratropical Cyclones Forcming Along the East and Gulf Coasts
  • [classnote #10: Extratropical Cyclone: East of the Rockies] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 4/29/2011
  • [classnote #11 Extratropical Cyclone: East and Gulf Coasts] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011

    Week 5: Precipitation and Snowstorms
  • (Ch 12): Freezing Precipitation and Ice Storms
  • (Ch 13): Lake-Effect Snowstorms
  • [classnote #12: Freezing Precipitations and Ice Storms] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011
  • [classnote #13: Lake-Effect Snowstorms] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011

    === MIDTERM (5/3/2011; 9:30am; RH184; Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) ===


    Week 6: Cold Waves and Blizzards
  • (Ch 14): Cold Waves
  • (Ch 15): Great Plains Blizzards
  • [classnote #14: Cold Waves] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011
  • [classnote #15: Great Plains Blizzards] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011

    Week 7: Mountain Snowstorms and Winterstorms
  • (Ch 16): Mountain Snowstorms
  • (Ch 17): Mountain Winterstorms
  • [classnote #16: Mountain Snowstorms] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011
  • [classnote #17: Mountain Windstorms] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011

    Week 8: Thunderstorms
  • (Ch 18): Thunderstorms
  • [classnote #18: Thunderstorms] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout) Updated on 5/18/2011

    Week 9: Tornadoes, Hail, Lightning, and Downburst
  • (Ch 19): Tornadoes
  • (Ch 21): Lightning
  • (Ch 22): Downbursts
  • [classnote #19: Tornadoes] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
  • [classnote #20: Hail, Lightning, Downburst] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
    Week 10: Tropical Cyclone, Flood, Drought, and Heat wave
  • (Ch 24): Tropical Cyclone
  • (Ch 25): Flood
  • (Ch 26): Drought
  • (Ch 27): Heat wave
  • [classnote #21: Tropical Cyclones] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
  • [classnote #22: Floods] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
  • [classnote #23: Drought] (powerpoint) (PDF) (handout)
  • 6/9 - Final Examination (8:00am-10:00am)