Week 5: Forecasting Techniques, Verification, and Hydrometeorology ( 28 June 2021 - 04 July 2021 )
Section outline
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In week five, you are required to complete the first 2 modules listed below. From the remaining four modules, you must complete at least one as per your interests.
This is also the week when you will need to begin preparations for your final writing assignment, which is due latest by 16 July 2021.
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Students mustMark as done
Chapter 2 covers a range of topics in remotes sensing in the tropics. Our focus is on sections 2.0-2.3 of the chapter. You are welcome to complete the entire chapter, but the quiz will focus on the selected sections.
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Students mustReceive a grade
The quiz for this material is hosted in the course site, not on MetEd.
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Students mustMark as done
Chapter 3 covers a comprehensive overview of global circulations. Our focus is on sections 3.4-3.7 of the chapter. Topics include circulation and the response to equatorial heating, monsoons, tropical circulations and precipitation distribution, and the role of the tropics in the general global circulation. You are welcome to complete the entire chapter, but the quiz will focus on the selected sections.
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Students mustReceive a grade
The quiz for this material is hosted in the course site, not on MetEd.
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Students mustMark as done
Chapter 4 presents an overview of major cyclical patterns that dominate tropical intraseasonal and interannual variability, including the impact on higher latitudes. Our focus is on sections 4.0: Overview; 4.1: Sources of Intraseasonal Variability; and 4.2: Sources of Interannual Variability. You are welcome to complete the entire chapter, but the quiz will focus on the selected sections.
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Students mustReceive a grade
The quiz for this material is hosted in the course site, not on MetEd.
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Students mustMark as done
The entire chapter 5 is of interest. It provides an overview of how thermodynamic energy is used to distinguish between fair weather, stormy weather, and the effect of dry intrusions, such as the Saharan Air Layer. Explore tropical cloud formation and distribution; precipitation processes and classifications; the lifecycle of tropical squall lines, annual, seasonal, diurnal, and interannual cycles of tropical precipitation.
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