RADAR METEOROLOGY

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RADAR METEOROLOGY   Prof. Bob Rauber Time
1000 p.m. MWF Credit 4 hrs or 1
unit Location 109 Atmos Sci.   Text Instructor's
course notes. Available at the Department
office. You must copy them yourself
(0.05/copy). Please KEEP THEM IN ORDER so that
others can copy them after you. Do not copy over
the lunch hour, since secretaries will not be
available to help. Texts that supplement the
course Radar Observation of the Atmosphere by
Louis Battan Doppler radar and weather
observations by Doviak and Zrnic Radar in
Meteorology (Ed. Atlas) Radar for Meteorologists
by Reinhart Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radar
by Bringi and Chandrasekar. These will
be kept on reserve in the main office during the
course.
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Radar and mesoscale meteorology   I plan to
devote about 8-10 classes to real time
interpretation of current weather, focusing on
radar data and its relationship to either
mesoscale phenomena or non-meteorological
phenomena that produce the radar signatures.
These classes will occur whenever the weather
cooperates. Hopefully, we will examine frontal
phenomena, a landfalling hurricane, coastal
phenomena and lots of other interested features
of the atmosphere.
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Exams   Exams will be given twice during the
semester. The first will be during the last week
of October and the second will be during finals
week. The final will not be cumulative.   Homewor
k assignments   Assignments will be given on a
regular basis. These are due on the due date. I
will penalize you 25 of the grade for one class
late, 50 for two classes late and will not
accept assignments after that except for medical
or emergency problems.   Final project   A final
project and presentation will be assigned later
in the course. I will discuss this at a later
time in class.  
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Grading for the course   1st exam 25 of
grade 2nd exam 25 of grade Homework 30 of
grade Final project assignment 20 of grade
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Course website
http//www.atmos.uiuc.edu/courses/atmos410-fa06/
Radar data on the web ttp//www.atmos.uiuc.edu/co
urses/atmos410-fa06/
http//www.atmos.uiuc.edu/courses/atmos410-fa06/ra
dardata.html
Weather on the web
http//www.atmos.uiuc.edu/courses/atmos410-fa06/we
ather.html
Course presentations on the web
http//www.atmos.uiuc.edu/courses/atmos410-fa06/pr
esentations.html
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BEST WAY TO GET RADAR DATA Archived weather
data through GARP Log on to monsoon Run GARP
(you will need to set up your account so that
GARP displays properly. If you do not know what
to do, refer to handout or see me) Select radar
option button in GARP and select radar site by
its code Select times (data archived for about
one week) Load the data You can save the files
as gif files and make animations for presentation.
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Level 2 radar data
We will soon have the capability of displaying
level 2 NEXRAD radar data on all lab computers,
in weather briefings and in the classroom. I
will be making up homeworks so that you can get
some experience using this software. You can
also use it for your class projects