ATMO 580: Tropical Meteorology



State of the Tropics:

I suggest you work with your partner. At least know what each of you are presenting. You are a team in this!!


Date Large-scale tropics Tropical Cyclones
Friday Aug 26 Ritchie Ritchie
Friday Sep 2 Ritchie Ritchie
Friday Sep 9 Ewan Crosbie Matt Clarkson
Friday Sep 16 Thang Luong Kelly Ryan
Friday Sep 23 Exam - no SOT Exam - no SOT
Friday Sep 30 Kerrie Geil Erick Rivera
Friday Oct 7 No State of the Tropics No State of the Tropics
Friday Oct 14 Jen Stutler Ewan Crosbie
Friday Oct 21 Exam - no SOT Exam - no SOT
Friday Oct 28 Matt Clarkson Thang Luong
Friday Nov 4 Kelly Ryan Kerrie Geil
Wednesday Nov 9 Erick Rivera Jen Stutler


Responsibilities:


Large-Scale Tropics:
Describe the large-scale flow in the tropics (Pacific and Atlantic) in both the upper- and lower parts of the atmosphere. Useful charts include 200- and 850-hPa streamlines or wind vector plots, mean sea-level pressure charts, vertical wind shear charts, satellite IR, VIS, WV imagery.

Tropical Cyclones:
Describe all TC activity in the tropics (Pacific and Atlantic). For each TC describe current motion and intensity (use forecast center predictions to help you out - JTWC or JMA for the w N-Pac and NHC for E N-Pac and Atl) and project the future motion and intensity basing your forecast on actual environment factors. Useful charts include 200- and 850-hPa streamlines or wind vector plots for diffluence/confluence patterns, vertical wind shear charts (for adverse shear conditions), satellite WV imagery for dry air.