Summary Notes for Atmospheric Science and Related Areas
I have made summary study notes for the core and related subjects listed below; please feel free to download. Educational materials by Prof. Daniel Jacob at Harvard University are also highly recommended.
Education > Lecture Slides
Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Boundary-Layer Meteorology (ESSC4210 Summer 2020)
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Lec01: Introduction to land-atmosphere exchange; flux as a unifying concept; soil composition and physics |
Lec02: Physical hydrology; soil water movement and infiltration; runoff; evapotranspiration; water balance model |
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Lec03: Surface energy balance model; Penman-Monteith equation; soil moisture and atmospheric boundary layer |
Lec04: Fundamental thermodynamic relations; moisture content in air; taught by Dr. Andie Au-Yeung |
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Lec05: Static stability of atmosphere; planetary boundary layer structure; taught by Dr. Andie Au-Yeung |
Lec06: Viscous force; fundamentals of turbulence; taught by Dr. Andie Au-Yeung |
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Lec07: Eddy fluxes; turbulent kinetic energy; taught by Dr. Andie Au-Yeung |
Lec08: Closure techniques: gradiate transport theory and mixing length theory; taught by Dr. Andie Au-Yeung |
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Lec09: Surface layer; Monin-Obukhov similarity theory; taught by Dr. Andie Au-Yeung |
Lec10: Experimental and modeling strategies for quantifying eddy fluxes; aerodynamic conductance; leaf conductance, temperature and energy balance |
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Lec11: Canopy ecophysiology: photosynthesis, transpiration and conductance; canopy radiative transfer; canopy scaling |
Lec12: Urban climatology and heat island effect; air pollution dispersion; land-atmosphere interactions in Earth system models |
Ecosystems and Climate (ESSC3600 Spring 2020)
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Topic 01: Introduction to ecosystems; global biogeography and climate [lab] [R code] |
Topic 02: Plant ecophysiology: photosynthesis, transpiration and stomatal conductance [lab] |
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Topic 03: Surface energy balance and biogeophysical climate-vegetation interactions [lab] [R code] |
Topic 04: Global biogeochemical cycles I: Terrestrial and marine biogeochemical processes |
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Topic 05: Global biogeochemical cycles II: Carbon cycle and biogeochemical climate feedbacks [lab] [R code] |
Supplemental Topic: Wetland ecosystems and biogeochemistry (by courtesy of Prof. Derrick Lai) |
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Topic 06: Nitrogen cycle, atmospheric chemistry, air pollution and climate [lab] |
Topic 07: Ecosystem modeling; sustainable forest and agricultural management |
Climate System Dynamics (ESSC2020 Fall 2018)
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Lec01: Introduction to weather, climate and the climate system |
Lec02: Basic radiation physics; energy balance model for the Earth; greenhouse effect |
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Lec03: Greenhouse model of the atmosphere; radiative forcing; climate sensivity and feedback |
Lec04 (Lab 1): Climate sensitivity, feedback and stability in a simple climate model [lab] [program] |
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Lec05: Ice-albedo feedback and cryospheric changes; aerosols and climate; climate variability in time and space |
Lec06: Vertical structure of atmosphere; Newton's second law; pressure and hydrostatic balance; barometric and hypsometric equations |
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Lec07: Buoyancy and dry convection; first law of thermodynamics; adiabatic motion and lapse rate; atmospheric stability and air pollution |
Lec08: Water content in air; moist convection and cloud formation; Hadley circulation and subsidence inversion |
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Lec09 + Lab 2: Newton's second law in a rotating frame; uniform circular motion; conservation of angular momentum [lab] |
Lec10: Centrifugal and Coriolis forces; real forces and equations of motion; geostrophic balance |
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Lec11: Pressure coordinates; thermal wind balance; effects of friction on geostrophic balance |
Lec12: Hadley circuation; baroclinic eddies, gradient wind balance and midlatitude weather systems; general circulation |
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Lec13 (Lab 3): Weather analysis and forecast [lab] |
Lec14: Midterm Exam |
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Lec15: Overview of ocean structure and circulation; geostrophic currents; Ekman transport |
Lec16: Effect of Ekman transport on interior ocean; western boundary currents; thermohaline circulation |
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Lec17: Meridional overturning circulation; climate moderating roles of ocean; El Niño-Southern Oscillation; tropical cyclones |
Lec18: Biosphere-atmosphere fluxes; photosynthesis, transpiration and albedo; biogeophysical climate-vegetation interactions |
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Lec19: Review of basic chemistry; terrestrial (soil and plant) and marine biogeochemical processes |
Lec20: Carbon cycle I: Residence times; contemporary carbon cycle; marine physical chemistry |
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Lec22: Carbon cycle II: Marine biogeochemistry; global carbon and oxygen budgets; terrestrial ecosystems and biogeochemical feedbacks |
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Lec23: Earth's climate history: Atmosphere of early Earth; Snowball Earth; from Cretaceous to Pleistocene; ice ages and Last Glacial Maximum |
Lec24: Recent climate change: observations and attribution |
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Lec25: Future climate projections; impacts, adaptation and mitigation of climate change |
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Atmospheric Chemistry (EASC5001/5002 2018)
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Lec01: Fundamentals of land-atmosphere interactions; ecohydrology and surface energy balance; climate-vegetation interactions and biogeophysical feedback mechanisms |
Lec02: Geochemical processes; plant ecophysiology: photosynthesis and transpiration; soil biogeochemistry; primary production and nutrient cycling |
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Lec03: Global carbon cycle; global nitrogen cycle; biogeochemical feedback mechanisms in the climate system |
Lec04: Global biogeography; modeling land surface processes and vegetation dynamics; impacts of agriculture on climate and air quality; forest and agricultural management |
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Lec05: Atmospheric composition and its driving processes; one-box model for atmospheric chemistry; oxidizing power of the atmosphere |
Lec06: Tropospheric ozone pollution; CO and VOC oxidation and cycling of radicals; global budget of NOx; control strategies for ozone |
Statistical Methods and Data Analysis (ESSC4510 Spring 2015)
Below includes my part on univariate and multivariate statistical methods. The corresponding lecture slides, labs and data are included in the shared folders. For time series analysis, please contact Prof. Yang for more info.
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Lec01: Exploratory data analysis |
Lec02: Correlation analysis |
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Lec03: Hypothesis testing and confidence intervals |
Lec04: Autocorrelation; nonparametric tests and resampling methods |
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Lec07: Simple linear regression |
Lec08: Multiple linear regression I |
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Lec09: Multiple linear regression II |
Lec10: Generalized linear models; orthogonal regression |
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Lec11: Principal component analysis I |
Lec12: Principal component analysis II |
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Lec13: Canonical correlation analysis; cluster analysis |
Lec14: Spatial interpolation |
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Lec15: Spatial autocorrelation; other problems in spatial analysis |
