Announcements

• Final exam with answers (uploaded April 23).

• Final exam 0900 - 1100 on Thursday, April 19 in T2-117 (our regular classroom). Closed book. Value: 35%. Format: 14 multi-choice (1% each) + 3 short answer (7% each) chosen from five offered. Needed equations will be given as data. Don't forget to consult the exclusions file.

• Supplement on atmospheric radiation (replaces Ch.12 of course notes; corrected missing references 14 Apr.)

• Deadline for Assignment 4 put back to Mon. 23 April

• Old announcements

Lecture Notes

• Course Notes (3 Jan., 2007)
• Supplements and exclusions (Latest update: 15 April)

Computing Labs

• Assignment 1 task and data. Computing statistics. [10%, due Thurs 1 Feb.]
  • Feedback on Assignment 1

• Assignment 2. Solving the 1-d heat equation. [10%, due Tues 27 Feb.]
  • Feedback on Assignment 2

• Assignment 3. Solving a 2-d advection-diffusion equation. [15%, due Tues 20 March]
  • Subroutine for tdma (ascii: can cut and paste into your program)

• Assignment 4. You may negotiate a project of your own choice. Choices laid on by the instructor include:
  • Individual project: Solving the non-linear advection equation
  • Team project: 12 hour prog using a two-layer baroclinic NWP model (quasi-geostrophic model)
    • The two layer model, and task definition (updated 25 March)
    • Core of the numerics: 'relaxation method' to solve steady state elliptic (jury) problem (Updated 28 Mar/07)

Appendices

• Course Outline
• Computing environment in EAS 1-39
• What are we expected to write in our lab reports?
• Past exams.
  • 2005 Exam

Last Modified: 23 Apr., 2007