Cloud Dynamics: Hurricanes

Please follow this link for the course information retrieved from the ETH semester programme.

The guiding principle of this course is that students can understand the different factors involved in hurricane formation and predict if hurricanes increase in a warmer climate

This course consists of 3 contact hours (2 lectures + 1 tutorial) per weeks and is taught by Ulrike Lohmann.

The tutorials will be held after the lecture (tuesdays) from 12h-12h45 in the same room - CHN E 46 or on a different date of your choice to keep your lunch break free if there is a room available. To find an optional date, please fill out the following doodle survey: Doodlelink.

The outline of the lectures and the due dates of the assignments are given below:

• 19.2.2013 Overview/Introduction
• 26.2.2013 Atmospheric dynamics
• 05.3.2013 Instabilties and hurricanes
• 12.3.2013 Clouds and hurricanes
• 19.3.2013 Cumulus dynamics
  
• 26.3.2013 Thunderstorms I: Single cell, multicell and supercell thunderstorms. Movies: Single cell, multicell, multicell with turning camera
  
• 02.4.2013 Easter break (no class)
• 09.4.2013 Thunderstorms II: downbursts, gust fronts and tornadoes
• 16.4.2013 10:15-12h: Tutorial
  
• 23.4.2013 Hurricanes I: general features and dynamics
• 30.4.2013 Hurricanes II - revised: steady state model
• 07.5.2013 Hurricanes III: evolution and tracks
  
• 14.5.2013 Hurricanes from a reinsurance perspective (Marc Wüest, Swiss Re)
• 21.5.2013 Hurricanes IV: forecasts and extratropical transition
  
• 28.5.2013 10:15-13h Presentations hurricane model

The teaching assistants for this course are Luisa Ickes, Kasja Witlox and Monika Kohn.

Marks will be based on a 2-hour written exam for which the assignments are a strongly recommended (see lecture notes of the first lecture for more details).

Basic info (aims, etc) can be found in the Semesterprogramm.