These lectures will be accessible to a broad audience of people interested in the topic. They will present the underlying physics issues that have had to be addressed in order to successfully make quantitative measurements of atmospheric composition, particularly when absorption and emission signatures are very small components of the spectra. A highlight will be the Special Physics Colloquium dealing with the Ultraviolet and visible measurements of the Earth's atmosphere: Toward continuous pollution monitoring from space.
Dynamics of Low Frequency Atmospheric Variability: Order Amidst Chaos
Special Colloquium:
Dr. J. Michael Wallace
April, 24, 2008, 4:00 pm
Reception to follow in MP110
Lectures
Monday April 21
Overview lecture of material covered in subsequent 4 lectures
Tuesday April 22
Atmospheric motions in mid-latitudes
Wednesday April 23
Atmospheric motions in the tropics
Friday April 25
Atmospheric motions at high latitudes and their impact on sea ice