AT655: Objective Analysis in the Atmospheric Sciences

Spring 2012
Instructor: Dave Thompson
TA: Allyson Clark

Syllabus

Data

Homework

Homework 1: Regression/compositing/scatter plots/frequency distributions

Homework 2: Regression/trends/significance/red noise/effect of sample size on significance/filtering with regression

Homework 3: EOF analysis

Homeworks 4 and 5: Paper critique; Spectral and cross-spectral analysis

Final projects (Due May 10):
Apply EOF and spectral analyses to data from your own research. You have a lot of latitude here. Be sure to: 1) explain the motivation for the analyses; 2) describe how the data were treated and organized; 3) describe how the analyses were done; and 4) to the extent possible, provide a physical explanation of the results. There is no strict length limit, but ~2 pages of single spaced text and ~6-10 figures is a good guideline.

Course notes

Course notes (various sources)

David W. J. Thompson davet@atmos.colostate.edu