General Circulation of the Earth's Atmosphere

Lecture Notes

WEEK #	TOPICS
1	Introduction (PDF)
1-2	Analysis Techniques (PDF)
3-4	The Angular Momentum and Kinetic Energy Budgets (PDF - 2.0 MB)
5	The Water Vapor Budget (PDF)
6-8	The Heat Budget (PDF - 1.7 MB)
9	Spectral Analysis (PDF - 1.3 MB)
10	Forcing of the Zonal Mean Circulations (PDF - 2.4 MB)
11	The Energy Cycle (PDF - 3.1 MB)
12	Numerical Models (PDF)