气象气候学2024秋

Lecturer

傅宗玫 (fuzm AT sustech DOT edu DOT cn, +86(755)8801-8872, 工学院北楼906)

Teaching Assistant

Tianci JIANG

All students must send an email to the TA by September 18, 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

Fridays 10:20-12:10 (every week), Wednesdays 10:20-12:10 (odd weeks). All classes will meet at 一教421, EXCEPT some tutorials will meet in the computer room in 工学院南楼739.

Office hours

By email appointments

Course material

The follow two textbooks are on reserve in the library:

• AS: Atmospheric Science, An Introductory Survey, 2nd edition, J. M. Wallace and P. V. Hobbs, Academic Press, ISBN:012732951X
• MT: Meteorology Today, 11th edition, C. D. Ahrens and R. Henson, Brooks Cole, ISBN:1305113586

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

• Meteorology and Climatology: other material Check weekly! 其他参考资料，每周关注！
• Meteorology and Climatology Glossary 中英文名词对照
• Python resources
• Cloud and weather gallery

Assessments

1. Final exam (40%)：
2. Term project (20%)：
3. Assignments and pop quizzes (40%)

Assignments

Assignments will mostly be distributed on Fridays and are due in two weeks, BEFORE CLASS STARTS. Late assignments will NOT be graded.

Field trip

We are planning a field trip to the Meteorological Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality in mid-November. Participation is voluntary but highly recommended. Contact TA to sign up.

Course schedule

Week	Date	Subject	Assignment	Reading
1	9/11 W 第一次课	The Earth system and the Atmosphere (cb10)		AS Ch1-2; MT Ch1
1	9/13 F	Radiative transfer (ymdi)		AS Ch4; MT Ch2
2	9/20 F	Radiative transfer (ymdi) ESE315 Tutorial 1		AS Ch4; MT Ch2
3	9/25 W	Radiative transfer (ymdi) ESE315 Tutorial 1		AS Ch4; MT Ch2
3	9/27 F	Atmospheric thermodynamics (txdk) Interactive demos of the stability of dry and moist air parcels	ESE315_Assignment 1	AS Ch3; MT Ch3-4
4	9/29 Sun	Atmospheric thermodynamics (w4za) Interactive demos of the stability of dry and moist air parcels		AS Ch3; MT Ch3-4
5	10/9 W	Atmospheric thermodynamics (txdk) Interactive demos of the stability of dry and moist air parcels	ESE315_Assignment 2	AS Ch3; MT Ch3-4
5	10/11 F	Thermodynamics and aerosols (8ze8)	Assignments 1 due	AS Ch3; MT Ch3-4
6	10/18 F	Aerosols (8ze8)		AS Ch3; MT Ch3-4
7	10/23 W	Clouds and precipitation (eesd)	ESE315_Assignment 3	AS Ch5
7	10/25 F	Clouds and precipitation (eesd)	Assignment 2 due	AS Ch6, 9; MT Ch 9-10
8	11/1 F	Atmospheric boundary layer and turbulence (zt7y)		AS Ch8; MT Ch13-16
9	11/6 W	ESE315 Tutorial 2 Tutorial 2 slides (oj4h)	ESE 315 Assignment 4	AS Ch7, 9; MT Ch9, 11
9	11/8 F	Atmospheric motion (faes)	Assignment 3 due	AS Ch7; MT Ch11
10	11/15 F	运动会停课		AS Ch7; MT Ch11
10	TBD	参观深圳市气象局		AS Ch8; MT Ch13-16
11	11/20 W	Atmospheric motion (faes) Lorentz System demo 1, demo 2	Assignment 4 due	AS Ch8; MT Ch13-16
11	11/22 F	Climate data analysis (2zem) Global SST animation (ffkz), Global SST anomaly animation (yau8)	ESE315_Assignment_5	AS Ch8; MT Ch13-16
12	11/26 Tu	Mid-latitude cyclones (4knf)		AS Ch7; MT Ch10, Ch17
12	11/29 F	Climate data analysis (2zem) ESE 315 Tutorial 3, ESE315 Tutorial 4, Tutorial 3 Slides (u8h6), General circulation of the atmosphere and the ocean (6irh)	ESE315_Assignment_5	AS Ch7; MT Ch10, Ch17
13	12/4 W	Severe weather, low-latitude weather; weather forecasting (r21v)	ESE315_Assignment_6	AS Ch7; MT Ch10, Ch17
13	12/6 F	General circulation of the atmosphere and the ocean (uur7)	ESE315_Assignment_7	AS Ch10; MT Ch17-18
14	12/13 F	Term presentation
15	12/18 W	Climate system and variability (e77d)	Assignment 5 due ESE315_Assignment_7	AS Ch7; MT Ch10, Ch17
15	12/20 F	Climate system and variability (e77d) Climate system and climate change (4o5a)	ESE315_Assignment_8 (reading) Assignment 6 due	AS Ch10; MT Ch17-18
16	12/27 F	Atmospheric measurement (6rvx)
17	TBD	Final exam Closed-book, all English, calculator required	Assignment 7 due

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 to 15-minute presentation (length of time depending on the number of students) 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.