AT 655: Objective Analysis in the Atmospheric Sciences
Instructor: Prof. Elizabeth A. Barnes
Email: eabarnes .at. atmos.colostate.edu
Office Hours: 2:00-3:00 M W
TA: Nick Davis
Email: nadavis .at. atmos.colostate.edu
Office Hours: 10:15-11:15 T Th
Homework #5: due May 8
- IPCC AR5, Chapter 12, Box 12.1 (.pdf)
- read Box 12.1 of the IPCC AR5 report and be ready to discuss in lecture
Homework #4: due May 6
- Homework 3 (.pdf)
- Data sets for Homework 4, problem 3
Homework #3: due Apr. 8
- Homework 3 (.pdf)
Homework #2: due Mar. 14
- Homework 2 (.pdf)
- Data sets for Homework 2
- ENSO index Nino 3.4 (.csv): sea surface temperature anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific (5 North-5 South)(170-120 West). The first element is January 1958; the last is December 2008. Obtained from Todd Mitchell at JISAO/UW.
- Gridded surface temperature data (.csv): global gridded surface temperature data from Brohan et al. JGR 2006 (also used in IPCC FAR). The data are monthly-means gridded on a 5x5 degree mesh. The first row is January 1958; the last row is December 2008.
- Latitude-longitude vector (.csv): vector of latitude and longitude for the surface temperature data.
Reading Assignment: due Feb. 20
Please read Nuzzo (2014) and Goodman (2001). They are both incredibly short papers on the misuse of p-values in the sciences and offer some interesting perspectives.
Homework #1: due Feb. 13
- Homework 1 (.pdf)
- LaTeX file used to make Homework 1 (.tex)
- Data sets for Homework 1
Homework #0
- Read the syllabus and ask questions if something is unclear
- Download Dennis Hartmann's notes to your computer (link to notes)
- Bring potential dates for rescheduling the classes on Feb. 4 and 6 to next lecture
- Let me know if there are specific topics you hope to cover in this course