ENV 2A23/F2A23 Meteorology - Autumn Semester 2008
Topic:
Taught by:
Practical:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Intro & Radiation
Radiation
Thermodynamics
Ian Renfrew
Ian Renfrew
Ian Renfrew
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics
Atmospheric moisture
READING
General Circulation
General Circulation
Forces
Thermal Wind
Vorticity
Ian Renfrew
Ian Renfrew
Ian Renfrew
WEEK
Steve Dorling
Steve Dorling
Steve Dorling
Steve Dorling
Steve Dorling
Meteorological Instruments
Radiation problem sheet
Weather Station Setup
(Steve Dorling)
Thermodynamics problem sheet
Soundings & tephigrams (paper)
Soundings & tephigrams (RAOB)
Current Weather
Current Weather
Geostrophic/Gradient Wind
Thermal Wind/Thickness
Vorticity Problem Sheet
Lecturers
Ian Renfrew, room 2.33, office hours: Monday 4-5 pm, Friday 10-11 am
Website: http://lgmacweb.env.uea.ac.uk/e046/teaching/meteorology.htm
Steve Dorling (Unit Convenor), room 3.11. Please make an appointment by e-mail
[s.dorling@uea.ac.uk]
Rooms
Tuesday 12:00-13:00
SCI 0.31
Tuesday 14:00-17:00
Congregation Hall 01.20, (ENV Lab D in week 6)
Friday 09:00-10:00
EFRY 01.02
Note: There will not be a lecture on Friday week 3 (10 Oct), instead this material will be
taught at 16:00 Tuesday week 3 (7 Oct) in ARTS 01.01
Assessment
2A23 and F2A23
1. There is an end of year examination representing 2/3 of the assessment marks
2. Problem Sheet, Set Tuesday Week 4, Semester 1. Due Friday Week 6, Semester 1
(1/12 of assessment marks)
2A23 only
3. Weather Station Data Analysis, Set Tuesday Week 3, Due Friday Week 10 (3/12
of assessment marks)
[Note: F2A23 students only have to do one of the two pieces of coursework on the
fieldcourse, effectively five of the ten credits]
Reading
We have chosen to recommend one of two texts for this course and there should be copies
available in the bookshop and library.
C. Donald Ahrens (2007) Meteorology Today. Eigth Edition, Brooks/Cole. ISBN-13:
978-0-495-10581-7 (this is a non-mathematical broad-ranging coverage of meteorology
– although rather North American biased, it is inexpensive, readable and well-illustrated,
however it glosses over some of the more mathematical parts of the syllabus).
Wallace, J. M. and P. V Hobbs, 2006: Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, 2nd
Edition, ISBN 13:978-0-12-732951-2 (Classic introductory text, new second edition
available, worth considering as a purchase for those planning on a lot of meteorology
and atmospheric science. Covers the more mathematical parts of the syllabus well).
Below are a number of other useful texts:
Roger G. Barry and Richard J. Chorley (1998) Atmosphere, Weather and Climate. 7th
Edition, Routledge. ISBN 0-415-16020-0 (Wide coverage of material of relevance to the
course, especially of large scale processes).
Robin McIlveen (1992) Fundamentals of Weather and Climate. 2nd Edition, Chapman and
Hall. ISBN 0-442-31476-0 (Slightly more mathematical than Barry and Chorley but also
with wide coverage).
McIntosh, DH and Thom, AS Essentials of Meteorology. Wykeham Publications
(London) Ltd. (Out of print but available in the library and contains a useful guide to
tephigram calculations)
Andrew Sturman and Nigel Tapper (1996) The Weather and Climate of Australia and
New Zealand. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-553393-3 (Has good chapters on
thermal wind and vorticity – take care with the southern hemisphere effects!)
Hartmann, D. L. (1994) Global Physical Climatology. Academic Press, ISBN 0-12328530-5 (An excellent undergraduate level text on the physical climate system –
chapters 2 and 3 cover radiation and energy).
Tsonis, A. A. (2002) An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics. Cambridge
University Press, ISBN 0-521-79676-8 (An advanced text covering much material that is
beyond this course, however well written, so much of it would be of interest to those
interested in further reading)
Salby, M. L. (1996) Fundamentals of Atmospheric Physics. Academic Press, ISBN 0-12615160-1 (A graduate-level text book, covering a wide-range of topics, parts of the
chapters on radiation are useful for this course).