Roger K. Smith - Lecture Notes/Vorlesungsskripts

The following lecture notes are available in English as pdf-files:
Die folgenden Vorlesungsskripte (auf englisch) stehen als pdf_Datein zur Verfügung :

Tropical Cyclones

Lectures on Tropical Cyclones (Manuscript)
Chapter 1 Fluid mechanics and moist thermodynamics  3.2 Mb
Chapter 2 Observations of tropical cyclones   3.2 Mb
Chapter 3 Balanced dynamical theories   1.8 Mb
Chapter 4 Tropical cyclone boundary layer  257 Kb
Chapter 5 Tropical cyclone motion  703 Kb

Lectures on Tropical Cyclones (Slides)
TCs_Lectures01.pdf  2.8 Mb
TCs_Lectures02.pdf  2.2 Mb
TCs_Lectures03.pdf  2.4 Mb
TCs_Lectures04.pdf  7.6 Mb
TCs_Lectures05.pdf  6.3 Mb

Exercise sheets (2014)
Exercise Sheet 1   34 Kb
Exercise Sheet 2   29 Kb
Exercise Sheet 3   28 Kb


Review article: Paradigms for Tropical-Cyclone Intensification (M. T. Montgomery and R. K. Smith, 2014)
Click here

Buoyancy in rapidly-rotating vortices (Smith, Montgomery & Zhu, 2005)
Click here   149 Kb

A balanced axisymmetric vortex (Smith, 2006, 2007)
Click here for Smith (2006) 149 Kb Click here for Smith (2007) 86 Kb

Limitations of a linear model for the hurricane boundary layer (Vogl & Smith, 2009)
Click here   577 Kb

 

Chapters from the Global Perspectives on Tropical Cyclones
World Meteorological Organization Report No. TCP-38 WMO/TD-No. 693
Chapter 2 Mature structure and evolution, by H. E. Willoughby 12.5 Mb
Chapter 3 Tropical cyclone formation, by J. L. McBride 5.6 Mb

 

Movies on Tropical Cyclones

Hurricane genesis (The PREDICT Experiment 2010)
Click here 389 Mb flv

Tropical cyclone Ingrid (Cape Don, NT, Australia)
Click here 13 Mb mpg

Radar movie of Hurricane Jeane (2004) making landfall in Florida
Click here 41 Mb avi

Evolution of absolute angular momentum and radial velocity in a model
Click here 59 Mb avi

Evolution of vertical velocity and vertical vorticity at 850 mb in a model
Click here 42 Mb avi


Tropical Meteorology

Lectures on Tropical Meteorology (Manuscript)
Latest version 26-06-2003 5.3 Mb

Summary Lectures on Tropical Meteorology (For Thai Meteorological Department, 2008)
Click here 7.1 Mb

Article by M. Wheeler entitled:
"A review of 'synoptic to intraseasonal' tropical waves with relevance to forecasting"
Proceedings of an International Workshop on the Dynamics and Forecasting of Tropical Weather Systems
held in Darwin, Australia in January 2001.

Lectures on Tropical Meteorology (Slides)
Lectures 01-03  2.3 Mb
Lectures 04-05  7.6 Mb
Lectures 06-07  596 Kb
Lectures 08-09  185 Kb
Lectures 10-11  752 Kb
Lectures 12-13  390 Kb
Lectures 14-15  2.7 Mb
Lectures 16-17  1.9 Mb

 

Movies

Atlantic basin July 2004
Click here 522 Mb avi

Eastern Atlantic July 2003 (from EuMetSat)
Click here 470 Mb avi

MJO onset in the Indian Ocean (12.10.2011-09.11.2011 during the DYNAMO/CINDY experiment)
Click here 39 Mb mp4

MJO over the Maritime Continent (12.10.2011-09.11.2011 during the DYNAMO/CINDY experiment)
Click here 86 Mb mp4

Clouds during flight TG476 Sydney-Bangkok 25 Sep 2012
Click here HD 3.8 Gb

Clouds during flights TG476 Sydney-Bangkok 11 Nov 2013, and TG924 Bangkok_Munich 13 Nov 2013
Click here HD 3 Gb




If you have any comments on the lecture notes and/or if you find any errors, I should be most grateful if you would be kind enough to inform me.

Falls Sie Kommentare zu den Skripts haben und/oder falls Sie Fehler entdecken, würde ich mich freuen, wenn Sie so nett sind, sie mir mitzuteilen.
Email:  roger.smith@lmu.de
 

Last modified  21-05-2014