Tropical meteorology

Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session

Quasi-balanced Circulations in Oceans and Atmospheres (12.803) or Dynamics of the Atmosphere (12.810).

Paluch, Ilga. "The Entrainment Mechanism in Colorado Cumuli." Journal of the Atmospheric Science 36, no. 12 (1979): 2467–78.

Romps, David, and Zhiming Kuang. "Do Undiluted Convective Plumes Exist in the Upper Tropical Troposphere?" Journal of the Atmospheric Science 67, no. 2 (2010): 468–84.

The course grade is based upon problem sets, a term paper, and class participation.

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