Place, date, and responsible lecturer

Place: Sci Bldg 3, rm 326
Date: every Monday 14:45-16:15
Initial class: Oct 5th, 2009
Lecturer: Prof. Masahiro Watanabe (Center for Climate System Research)

Evaluation for credit

attendance and report

Report subject up on 19 Jan, 2010.

You need password to open the lecture note and slides. Password is the name of the climate model developed at CCSR (English, small capital). Note that the lecture note is mostly in Japanese.

Chap. 1 Introduction (ppt file, pdf file)

Chap. 2 Storm track dynamics (pdf file) updated on 30 Nov, 2009.

• 2.1 Baroclinic instability and normal modes
• 2.2 Baroclinic wave life cycle
• 2.3 Eddy-mean flow interaction
• 2.4 Modeling of storm tracks

Chap. 3 Atmospheric low-frequency variability

• 3.1 Forced steady response (ppt file, pdf file)
• 3.2 Theory of low-frequency modes (ppt file, pdf file)

Chap. 5 Midlatitude atmosphere-ocean interaction (ppt fileกขpdf file)

Chap. 6 Decadal climate variability (ppt fileกขpdf file)

Schedule

Vol. 1 10/5 (Mon)
Holiday 10/12(Mon)
Vol. 2 10/19(Mon)
Vol. 3 10/26(Mon)
Vol. 4 11/2 (Mon)
Vol. 5 11/9 (Mon)
Vol. 6 11/16(Mon)
Holiday 11/23(Mon)
Vol. 7 11/30(Mon)
Vol. 8 12/7 (Mon)
Vol. 9 12/14(Mon)
No lecture 12/21(Mon)
Year-end holiday 12/28(Mon)
New year holiday 1/4 (Mon)
Vol. 10 1/8(Fri)
Vol. 11 1/18(Mon)
Vol. 12 1/25(Mon)
Vol. 13 2/1 (Mon)

Center for Climate System Research