Applied Sci&Tech Ph.D. Program (AST), North Carolina A&T State University

Orographic Precipitating Systems

(AST 885-05)

Professor Yuh-Lang Lin
ylin@ncat.edu; https://mesolab.org
Department of Physics, AST PhD Program
North Carolina A&T State University

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A. Syllabus
B. Lecture Notes
    Part I: Basic Wave Dynamics
    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)

Part II: Orographically Forced Flow
    7.   Flow over Two-Dimensional Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
    8.   Nonlinear Flow over 2D Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
    9. Flow over 3D Isolated Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch5)
    10. Flow over Larger Mesoscale Mountains
       (ref: Lin2007Ch5; Lin et al. 1999, Lin et al. 2005, Lin and Savage (2011),  Lin et al. 2016)
    11. Other Orographic Effects (ref: Lin2007Ch5)

Part III: Thermally Forced Flow
    12. Thermally Forced Flow over Mountains (ref: Lin2007Ch.6)
    13. Dynamics of Sea and Land Breezes (ref: Lin2007Ch.6)
    14. Dynamics of Mountain-Solenoidal Circulations (ref: Lin2007Ch.6)
    15. Mesoscale Instabilities (ref: Lin2007Ch.7)

    Part IV: Moist Convection and Precipitation
    16.  Mesoscale Convective Storms and Systems (ref: Lin2007Ch.8-9)
    17.  Dynamics of Orographic Precipitation (ref: Lin2007Ch11)