MET 4302 Dynamics II (ID U01 13904) and
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Spring 2018
Time and location: MWF, 1:00-1:50PM, AHC5 357.
Instructor: Dr. Hugh Willoughby
Office: AHC5 363
Phone: 305-348-0243
Email: hugh.willoughby@fiu.edu.
Office Hours: MW 10:00-11:00 AM and Tu 2:00-3:00 PM, or by appointment. I'm generally in my office during working hours except when I have class or a meeting.
External Links:
TIME Magazine 1956 Article on C. G. RossbyFIU Online Cloud Atlas
GOES Satellite Imagery at NASA/MSFC
HPC Surface Analysis
Miami Weather Forecast Office
Miami WSR-88D Radar
National Hurricane Center
Posted Lecture Notes:
LECTURE 1A: Linear WavesLECTURE 1B: Shallow-Water Gravity Waves
LECTURE 1C: Inertia-Buoyancy Waves
Homework 2,
LECTURE 2: Rossby waves
LECTURE 2B: Acoustic-Buoyancy Waves
Atmospheric Waves Summary
LECTURE 2C: Matrix Solution for Rotational Gravity Waves
MIDTERM Study Guide
MIDTERM: Wednesday 21 FEB 2018.
LECTURE 3A: Baroclinic Instability
Homework 3,
LECTURE 3B: Baroclinic Vertical Motion and Energy
LECTURE 4: Forced Secondary Flows
LECTURE 5: Equatorial Waves
LECTURE 6: Turbulence and Friction
Final Exam Study Guide
HEW at AMS Hurricane Meeting, 16-19APR18. No Class.
Class will meet for final review 20APR18