TOPIC: Precipitation estimation and observing instruments
Talk about mobile Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar deployments by Dr. Kosiba 21 Feb 2011 at U. of Colorado. The zip file contains the video taped lecture and the lecture slides (posted with Dr. Kosiba's permission): <<Download here>>
Lectures from MetEd, COMET Program (registration is free):
TOPIC: Flow over Mountains
Lectures from MetEd, COMET Program (you need to have an account but it is free of charge):
| Level | Title | Presenter |
| 1 | Flow Interactions with Topography | Dr. Wendell Nuss, Naval Postgraduate School |
| 1 | Gap Winds | |
| 1 | Thermally-forced Circulations II: Mountain/Valley Breezes | |
| 2 | The PBL in Regions of Complex Terrain Part 1 | Dr. David Whiteman |
| 2 | The PBL in Regions of Complex Terrain Part 2 | Dr. David Whiteman |
| 2 | Mountain Waves and Downslope Winds | |
| 2 | Dynamics & Microphysics of Cool-Season Orographic Storms | Dr. James Steenburgh, U. of Utah |
Exercises related to TOM
Lower undergradate Level (e.g., ATOC 1050: Weather and the Atmosphere):
- Worksheet to be filled out during the radar deployment (developed by Friedrich Feb 2011) - see attachments TOM-worksheet.pdf and Instructions-TOM-worksheeet.pdf
- Homework assignment - see attachements Exercise-TOM-ATOC1050-SS2011.pdf and Exercise-TOM-ATOC1050-SS2011_key.pdf
Exercises related to TOM
- to visualize the TOM data, use the NCAR JAZZ software <<click here>> (download software with link to the data)
- for more data using the NCAR JAZZ software <<click here>>
