FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Fall 2017

MET 4532 Hurricanes (ID: U01 86964)

On-line Syllabus

Time and location: MWF, 11:00-11:50AM, AHC5 357.

Instructor: Dr. Hugh Willoughby
Office: AHC5 367
Phone: 305-348-0243
Email: hugh.willoughby@fiu.edu.

Office Hours: Mon. 10:00-11:00 AM, Tue 1:00-2:00 PM, and Wed 2:00-3:00 PM, or by appointment.

External Links:

FIU Online Cloud Atlas
GOES Satellite Imagery at NASA/MSFC
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
WPC Surface Analysis
Miami Weather Forecast Office
Miami WSR-88D Radar
National Hurricane Center
NRL Satellite Imagery Site

Posted Lecture Notes

LECTURE 1: Introduction
LECTURE 2: Columbus, LaFloride & Redfield
LECTURE 3: Atmosphere Overview & The Tempest
LECTURES 4: Hurricane Structure
Homework #1: Pressure-Wind Relation
LECTURE 5: 19th Century, Samoa
LECTURE 6: Sun and sea
LECTURE 7: Convection
LECTURE 8: Trade winds
LECTURE 9: Heat engines
LECTURE 10: Intensity
Homework #2: Saffir-Simpson Scale
Paper Assignment
LECTURE 11: Galveston and Early 1900s
LECTURE 13: Formation
LECTURE 14: Motion
Homework #3: Hurricane Motion
LECTURE 15: Termination
LECTURE 16 & 17: Hurricanes of 1926, 1928, 1935 & 1938
Exam #1 Review Text,
LECTURE 18: Exam #1 Review ,
Exam #1 Monday 16 October 2017 (Class Meeting 19)
LECTURE 19: Waves
LECTURE 20: Storm Surge
LECTURE 21: The 1940's
LECTURE 22: Rainfall
Homework #4: Waves and Rain
LECTURE 23: 1950s-1960s
LECTURE 24: Hurricane Flying
LECTURE 25: Remote Sensing
LECTURE 26: STORMFURY
LECTURE 27: Forecasting
LECTURE 28: Camille & Agnes
LECTURE 29: Tracy & Andrew
Paper Assignment
Exam #2 Review Text
LECTURE 30: Exam #2 Review
Exam #2 Wednesday 15 November 2017 (Class Meeting 30)
PAPERS to TURNITIN by MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2017
FINAL PAPERS DUE MONDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2017
LECTURE 31&32 : 2004 & 2005 and Subsequently
LECTURE 33 : Hurricanes and Climate
LECTURE 34: Human and Economic Impacts
LECTURE 35: Wind Engineering & Insurance
LECTURE 36: What Does It All Mean?
LECTURE 37: Final Exam Review Power Point
Final Review Text

Final Exam:

13 December 2017 (Wednesday)
9:45-11:45 AM, AHC5 357