Atmospheric processes: from cloud to global scales
ENV-407
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Teachers: A. Berne, J. Gehring and A. Nenes
TAs: A.Wassem, B.Donmez (LAPI) ; A.-C. Billault--Roux, N. Clerx, G. Ghiggi (LTE)
Lectures: Mon 16:15 - 18:00, room GR B3 30
Exercises: Tue 14:15 - 17:00, room CE 1106
- Coursebook (File)
- Announcements (Forum)
- ProjectsThe projects will start on Nov 26th and th... (Text and media area)
- Intro 2024 (File)
- Lecture 20240909 AB - Cloud and precipitation processes (File)
- Video 09/09/2024 AB (URL)
- Exercise 20240910 (File)
- Ex 20240910 Solutions (File)
- Lecture 20240917 AB - Radar to study clouds and precipitation (File)
- Video 20240917 AB - Session 2 (URL)
- Lecture 20240923 AB - Mountain meteorology (File)
- Video_20240923_AB - Mountain Meteorology (URL)
- Ex 2 - Installation of VDI client (File)
- Link to Ex.2 data and codes (after having installed the VDI client) (URL)
- Ex 2 - Solutions (File)
- Lecture 20241007 AB - Numerical modelling 2 (File)
- Video_20241007_AB - Numerical modelling 2 (URL)
- Link to Ex.3 data and codes (URL)
- Ex 3 - Solutions (File)
Recap on Aerosols, Clouds and Atmospheric Thermodynamics.
Intro to clouds, aerosols and atmospheric processes.
First and second law of
thermodynamics, phase diagram of water and basics on phase transitions.
Clausius-Clapeyron Equation and humidity variables
- Lecture Pesentation (File)
- Reading material (Clausius-Clapeyron, Humidity Variables) (File)
- Reading Material (Moist processes) (File)
- Lecture Notes (Moist processes) (File)
- Recording of Lecture 2 (part 1) (URL)
- Recording of Lecture 2 (part 2) (URL)
- Exercises-Worksheet (File)
- Exercises-Worksheet-Solutions (File)
- Extra reading material (just in case you need it to cover any gaps in background! not covered in lecture) (File)
Recap on Atmospheric Thermodynamics - Part 2
Cloud
parcel. Combined 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics on cloud parcel and
utilizing it to study basic transformations in the moist atmosphere. Dew Point, Wet bulb temperature, Adiabatic processes.
Dynamics & static stability: hydrostatic equation, hypsometric equation
- Lecture Presentation (File)
- Recording of Lecture 3 (URL)
- Reading Material (Moist processes) (File)
- Reading material (Part 1) (File)
- Cold pools from water evaporation - Haboobs (Explanation) (URL)
- Demonstration of wet bulb (sling) hygrometer (URL)
- Lecture Notes (Moist processes) (File)
- Exercises Worksheet (File)
- Exercises Worksheet - Solutions (File)
Aerosols - Warm cloud formation (Raoult Theory, Kelvin Effect,
Kohler Theory). Instruments for measuring CCN, droplets and observations
- Exercises-Worksheet (Surface Tension, Kelvin Equation, Kohler theory) (File)
- Lecture Pesentation (Aerosols and Warm/Cold Cloud Formation) (File)
- Recording of Lecture 4 (part 1) (URL)
- Recording of Lecture 4 (part 2) (URL)
- Reading material (Part 1) (File)
- Reading material (Part 2) (File)
- Video from the CHOPIN campaign (URL)
- Exercises-Worksheet (Hydrostatic Equilibrium) (File)
- Exercises Worksheet (Hydrostatic Equilibrium) - Solutions (File)
Atmospheric dynamics -Lecture 1
- Lecture 20241118 JG - Dynamics part I (File)
- JEM Sec. 4.3 (File)
- Introduction material I (File)
- Introduction material II (File)
- Ch. 3 JEM (File)
- JEM Sec. 4.1 (File)
- Exercise 20241119 JG (File)
- Link to group formation (URL)
- Project description & instruction (File)
- Link to video recording (URL)
- Solution 20241119 JG (File)
- Lecture 20241125 JG - handout (File)
- JE Martin sec6.1 (File)
- JE Martin section 7.1-7.2 (File)
- JE Martin Sec. 8.1-8.3 (File)
- Wallace and Hobbs section 7.1 (File)
- Recording lecture 20241125 JG (URL)
- Exercise 20241126 JG (File)
- Link to data for exercise (URL)
- Project description Weather Forecasting (File)
- Lecture 20241201 JG (File)
- Data for exercise session (URL)
- Data and supplementary material for project BL (LAPI-1) - revised (URL)
- Data and supplementary info for project AirINP (LAPI-2) (URL)
- Data and supplmenetary info for project DRP-1 (LAPI-4) (URL)
- Data and supplmenetary info for project DRP-2 (LAPI-5) - Revised (URL)
- Data and supplmenetary info for project DRP-3 (LAPI-6) (URL)
- Summary of the exercise session (File)
Cold (ice and mixed phase) cloud formation (Mechanisms of ice formation -primary & secondary ice formation; homogeneous and heterogeneous freezing; ice nuclei; instruments for measuring ice nuclei). Cloud structure and responses to changes in INP and CCN.
- Lecture Pesentation (Aerosols and Cold Cloud Formation) (File)
- Recording of Lecture (URL)
- Amazing water experiments and tricks. (URL)
- CHOPIN campaign tralier video (to be viewed during class break) (URL)
- Tropical Cyclones - Hurricanes (File)
- Recording of Lecture (URL)
- Interesting article on Tropical Cyclones (with references) (URL)
- Interesting article on Mediterranean Tropical-like Cyclones (Medicanes) (URL)
- CHOPIN campaign winter moments (to be viewed during class break) (URL)