MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY S11

Syllabus

Notes (all in ppt format):

1. Introduction to mesoscale meteorology
2. Frontal structure and frontogenesis
3. Review of the boundary layer
4. Thermal circulations
5. The dryline, gust fronts, coastal fronts
6. Boundary layer convection
7. Convective initiation
8. Nocturnal Low-Level Jet
9. Deep Convection: ordinary, multi, and supercells
   • physical processes
     • hodograph basics, buoyancy, and shear/cold pool interactions
     • supercell processes
   • conceptual models
   • forecasting parameters
10. squall lines 
11. bow echoes
12. Tornadoes
13. Microbursts
14. Mesoscale modeling
15. Flow interaction with topography
16. Gravity waves

Labs:

1. Boundary Layer Evolution and Layer Identification

2. Boundary Layer Convergence Zones, Boundary Layer Convection, and CI

3. Cold-pool shear balance within a simulated 2-dimensional squall line

4. Assessing convective mode - ordinary cell, multi cell, and supercell storms - analysis of case studies

5. Simulating Convective Modes

6. Mountain Waves

7. Forecasting convective initiation, mode, and severe threat