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气象气候学2019秋

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Lecturer

傅宗玫 (fuzm@sustech.edu.cn, +86(755)8801-8872, 台州楼414)


Teaching Assistant

TBD. All students must send an email to the TA by September 13, including their name + year + major + student ID + cell phone number. There will also be a QQ group for the class.


Students

Undergraduate students in hydrology, environmental sciences, oceanography, physics, chemistry, and other disciplines


Time and location

Tuesdays 8:00-9:50 (every week), Fridays 10:20-12:10 (even weeks) All classes will meet at 一教414, EXCEPT the tutorials, which will meet in the computer room in 台州楼401-12.


Office hours

By email appointments


Course material

The follow two textbooks are on reserve in the library:


In addition, we have put together a collection of course resources for your reference:


Assessments

  1. Final exam (30%)：
  2. Term project (30%)：
  3. Assignments and pop quizzes (40%)


Field trip

We are planning a field trip to the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality on a Saturday or Sunday in November. Participation is voluntary but highly recommended. Details to be announced.


Course schedule

Week Date Subject Assignment Reading
1 9/3 T The Earth system and the Atmosphere AS Ch1-2; MT Ch1
2 9/10 T Tutorial 1 @台州楼401-12 ESE315 Assignment 0: Python basics
2 9/13 F 中秋节放假
3 9/17 T Atmospheric thermodynamics AS Ch3; MT Ch3-4
4 9/24 T Atmospheric thermodynamics ESE315 Assignment 1: Thermodynamics AS Ch3; MT Ch3-4
4 9/27 F Radiative transfer AS Ch4; MT Ch2
10/1 T 国庆放假
5 10/8 T Radiative transfer ESE315 Assignment 2: Radiative transfer AS Ch4; MT Ch2
6 10/15 T Aerosols AS Ch5
6 10/18 F Cloud and precipitation AS Ch6; MT Ch5-7
7 10/22 T Tutorial 2 @台州楼401-12 ESE 315 Assignment 3: Aerosol, clouds, and precipitation
8 10/29 T Atmospheric boundary layer and turbulence AS Ch9; MT Ch9
8 11/1 F Atmospheric measurement
9 11/5 T Atmospheric motion ESE315 Assignment 4: Boundary layer and measurements AS Ch7; MT Ch11
10 11/12 T Mid- and high-latitude weather AS Ch8; MT Ch12
10 11/15 F Low-latitude weather, severe weather AS Ch8; MT Ch13-16
11 11/19 T Tutorial 3 @台州楼401-12 ESE315 Assignment 5: Weather
12 11/26 T General circulation of the atmosphere AS Ch7; MT Ch10, Ch17
12 11/29 F General circulation of the atmosphere AS Ch7; MT Ch10, Ch17
13 12/3 T General circulation of the ocean ESE315 Assignment 6: General circulation
14 12/10 T Climate system and variability AS Ch10; MT Ch17-18
14 12/13 F Climate change and hydrology AS Ch10; MT Ch17-18
15 12/17 T Term presentation ESE315 Assignment 7: Climate change and variability
16 12/24 T Climate modeling
16 12/27 F Paleoclimate
17-18 12/30-1/10 期末考试周


Assignments

Assignments will be distributed on Tuesdays and are due in two weeks on Tuesday, BEFORE CLASS STARTS. No late assignments will be graded.


Term project and presentation

Each student should independently complete a data analysis project using Python to demonstrate a phenomenon or answer a scientific question related to meteorology or climate. The student is free to choose his/her topic of interest and is fully responsible for finding and analyzing the data. However, to ensure success, each student must meet with the Instructor before November 15th to discuss his/her plan and data for the term project.

Each student will give a 10-minute presentation (7-minute talk + 3-minute Q&A) at the end of the semester.

The term project and presentation will be graded with the following criteria:

  • The relevance of phenomenon/scientific question (10%)
  • The appropriateness of the data used and analysis methodology (30%)
  • The degree to which the phenomenon/question is addressed by the data analysis (30%)
  • Clarity of the presentation (30%)


Resources for learning python

Assignments and the term project require calculation and plotting using Python in Jupyter Notebooks. Python is a powerful programming language, while Jupyter Notebooks provide an easy, web-based way to combine code, plots, and descriptive text.

Students are encouraged to install Python and Jupyter using the popular Anaconda distribution. See our Python resources page for instructions. Students enrolled in this course will also be granted access to a SUSTech server running Jupyter, but this can only be used within the SUSTech network (but you can use a SUSTech VPN outside campus). Details will be announced in class.

If you are new to Python or to Jupyter, we recommend that you go through a few online tutorials. Check out our Python resources page.

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