ESE 134: Boundary Layer and Cloud Dynamics - Main Page
Introduction to the dynamics of clouds and atmospheric boundary layers, from a phenomenological overview of cloud and boundary layer morphologies to closure theories for neutral and thermally stratified boundary layers; dry convective boundary layers; mixed-layer models; stably stratified boundary layers; moist thermodynamics and stability; stratocumulus and trade-cumulus boundary layers; shallow cumulus convection and deep convection.
Instructors: Simona Bordoni (239 L+R, email: bordoni@gps.caltech.edu) and João Teixeira (232 L+R, email: joao.teixeira@jpl.nasa.gov) TA: Anne Laraia, 226 Linde + Robinson, anne.laraia1@gmail.com. Office hour: TDB
Syllabus: [PDF] Schedule: TTh 1 - 2:25pm Textbooks (on SFL reserve) :
K. Emanuel: Atmospheric Convection (Oxford UP 1994)
J. R. Garratt: The Atmospheric Boundary Layer (Cambdrige UP 1992)
J. C. Wyngaard: Turbulence in the Atmosphere (Cambridge UP 2010)
R. A. Houze Jr.: Cloud Dynamics (Academic Press 1993)
R. B. Stull: An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology (Springer 1988)
W. R. Cotton, G. Bryan and S. C. van den Heever: Storm and Cloud Dynamics (Academic Press 2010)
Papers :
Siebesma (1998) [pdf]
Stevens (2005) [pdf]
Siebesma et al. (2007) [pdf]
de Rooy et al. (2013) [pdf]
Grading : Grade or Pass/Fail. Occasional homework sets and final class presentation (Homework 30%, Presentation 70%)