MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY S08

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. Deep Convection: ordinary, multi, and supercells
   • physical processes
     • hodograph basics, buoyancy, and shear/cold pool interactions
     • supercell processes
   • conceptual models
   • forecasting parameters
9. squall lines 
10. bow echoes
11. Tornadoes
12. Microbursts
13. Mesoscale modeling
14. Flow interaction with topography
15. Gravity waves

Labs:

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

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

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

4. Simulating Convective Modes with WRF

5. Mountain Waves

6. Mesoscale analysis of a severe weather environment