ATMOS 120 - Severe and Unusual Weather

Summer Term II - 1997
Course meets: 10am-noon MWF
Instructor: Dr. Brian Jewett
Syllabus: listed here

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois. ATMOS 120 and other courses offered within the department are listed here.

Some images, animations and data shown in class are kept here.

• Lecture 1 - properties of air
• Lecture 2 - clouds, wind, observing systems
• Lecture 3 - radar, satellite data
• Lecture 4 - radar, cross sections, NWP
• Lecture 5 - stability, atmospheric motions
• Lecture 6 - stability, atmospheric motions/2
• Lecture 7 - evolution of cyclones
• Lecture 8 - thunderstorms, wind shear
• Lecture 9 - squall lines, supercells
• Lecture 10 - supercells, tornadoes
• Lecture 11 - tornadoes
• Lecture 12 - tornadoes, lightning
• Lecture 13 - lightning, downbursts
• Lecture 14 - flooding, hail
• Lecture 15 - east coast storms/Convection review
• Lecture 16 - lake-effect snow
• Lecture 17 - ice storms, upslope storms and blizzards
• Lecture 18 - cold outbreaks, downslope wind storms
• Lecture 19 - hurricanes (1)
• Lecture 20 - hurricanes (2)
• Lecture 21 - hurricanes (3)

• misc topics (for later use)

Weather links: short list | current wx | forecast wx | NCSA weather page
Severe weather: reports for the last week

Notes:

• Exam 1 followed lecture 7.
• Exam 2 was given in the first hour of Lecture 16.