Instructor
Prof. Tapio Schneider
CliMA House (516 S Catalina Ave)
tapio@caltech.edu
Texts
Garratt, J. R., 1994: The Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Cambridge UP. [Excerpts available digitally from Caltech library (password required).]
Houze, R. A., 1994: Cloud Dynamics. Academic Press.
Stull, R. B., 1988: An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology. Elsevier.
Wyngaard, J. C., 2010: Turbulence in the Atmosphere. Cambridge UP.
Supplementary Reading:
Vallis, G. K, 2019: Essentials of Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge UP.
Emanuel, K A., 1994: Atmospheric Convection. Oxford UP.
Chris Bretherton’s lecture notes for the Boundary Layer Meteorology class at UW
David Romps’ lecture notes on Moist Convection from Les Houches summer school 2017
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