Instructor:
Professor Irina N. Sokolik
office 3104, ph.404-894-6180
email: isokolik@eas.gatech.edu
Location and meeting time:
Monday 12:05-1:55 PM
ES&T L1175
Course Syllabus
Supplement Materials
Aug. 22
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Lecture 1.
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Introductory survey
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Aug. 29
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Lecture 2.
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Fundamentals of aerosols and clouds
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Required reading
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Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of IAPSAG Report
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Sep. 5
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HOLIDAY
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Jan. 28
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Lecture 3.
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Observations of aerosol and clouds
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Sep. 12
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Lecture 3.
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Observations of aerosol and clouds
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Required reading
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Chapter 5 of IAPSAG Report
Chapter 2 in Atmospheric Aerosol Properties
and Climate Impacts, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment
Product 2.3, 2009.
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Sep. 19
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Lecture 4.
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Spatial and temporal variability of aerosol and clouds.
Challenges and future directions for observing aerosol and clouds
Computer modeling Lab 1"
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Sep. 26
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Lecture 5.
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Major processes involving aerosol and clouds
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Oct. 3
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Lecture 6.
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Representation of aerosol processes in models.
Computer modeling lab 2 - TUV
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Oct. 10
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Fall Break
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Oct. 17
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Lecture 7.
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Representation of cloud processes in models.
Computer modeling lab 3 - SBDART
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Reading |
Cantrell, W., and A. Heymsfield, Production of Ice in Tropospheric Clouds:
A Review, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86(6), 795-807, 2005 |
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Randall, D., M. Khairoutdinov, A. Arakawa, and W. Grabowski,
Breaking the Cloud Parameterization Deadlock, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(11), 1547-1564, 2003 |
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Arakawa, A., The Cumulus Parameterization Problem: Past, Present, and Future, Journal of Climate, 17(13), 2493-2525, 2004 |
Oct. 24
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Lecture 8.
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Hot topic:
Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions: Aerosol indirect effects
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Oct. 31
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Lecture 9.
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Hot topic:
Carbonaceous aerosols (BC and organic carbon) and their climate impacts
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- WMO/IUGG INTERNATIONAL AEROSOL PRECIPITATION SCIENCE ASSESSMENT GROUP (IAPSAG)
Aerosol Pollution Impact on Precipitation: A Scientific Review
PDF copy
- Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Climate
Impacts, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product
2.3, 2009.
PDF copy
- Cantrell, W., and A. Heymsfield,
Production of Ice in Tropospheric Clouds: A Review, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86(6), 795-807, 2005
PDF copy
- Arakawa, A., The Cumulus Parameterization Problem: Past, Present, and Future, Journal of Climate, 17(13), 2493-2525, 2004
PDF Copy
- Randall, D., M. Khairoutdinov, A. Arakawa, and W. Grabowski, Breaking the Cloud Parameterization Deadlock, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(11), 1547-1564, 2003
PDF Copy