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UNC Charlotte

Dept. of Geography and Earth Sciences

Dr. Matthew D. Eastin

Assistant Professor of Meteorology

Tropical Meteorology (METR 4320 and ESCI 5320) Fall 2009

Syllabus

Homework 1: Exploring the HURDAT database
- Atlantic Hurricane Tracking Chart

Homework 2: Tropical Cyclone Structure
- Hurricane Hugo flight-level data
- Hurricane Hugo radar reflectivity image

Homework 3: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change
- Environmental Data
- Track Map
- Convective structure:
  - 0909: 00Z, 12Z
  - 0910: 00Z, 12Z
  - 0911: 00Z, 12Z
  - 0912: 00Z, 12Z
  - 0913: 00Z, 12Z
  - 0914: 00Z, 12Z
  - 0915: 00Z, 12Z
  - 0916: 00Z, 12Z

Homework 4: Tropical Cyclone Motion
- Fay (2008) track

Homework 5: Forecasting Intensity Change
- Environmental Data

Homework 6: Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change

Homework 7: Convection in the Tropics
- Tropical Soundings

Homework 8: ENSO Indices and Local Impacts
- ENSO Indices
- ENSO Impacts

Last Updated: Tuesday, November17, 2009 at 9:30 AM