Applied Sci&Tech Ph.D. Program (AST), North Carolina A&T State University
Dynamic Mountain Meteorology
(AST 885-05)
A. Syllabus
B. Lecture Notes
1. Introduction (ref: Lin2007Ch1)
2. Governing Equations of Mesoscale Atmospheric Systems (ref: Lin2007Ch2)
3. Basic Wave Dynamics (ref: Lin2007Ch3)
4. Pure Gravity Waves (ref: Lin2007Ch3)
5. Inertia-Gravity Waves (ref: Lin2007Ch3)
6. Reflection and Critical Levels (ref: Lin2007Ch3)
7. Flow over Two-Dimensional Sinusoidal Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
8. Flow over Two-Dimensional Isolated Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
9. 2D Nonlinear Flow over Two-Dimensional Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
10. 3D Flow over Isolated Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
11. Flow over Larger Mesoscale Mountains
(ref: Lin2007Ch5; Lin
et al. 1999, Lin et al. 2005, Lin and Savage (2011), Lin et al.
2016)
12. Other Orographic Effects (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
13. Thermally Forced Flow over Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch.6)
14. Dynamics of Orographic Precipitation (ref: Lin2007Ch11)