Lecture Week 11: Topics

Stratospheric Ozone

[AJJ12 - Ch 18 p 568-572 / AJJ16 Ch 18 p 555-557]

• chemistry of ozone formation and depletion
• measurement of ozone - Dobson unit
• normal ozone levels
• ozone hole and catalyzed destruction
  • why antarctica?

Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes)

[REF: AJJ12 Ch 15 / AJJ16 Ch 14 p 406-417]

• why, where, when and how they occur
• importance of latent heating
• consequences of hydrostatic law on warm-core cyclones
• differences between hurricanes and mid-latitude disturbances
• Active Figure 14.2 (Haiyan)