My teaching has mainly been dedicated to different
aspects of "Dynamic Meteorology", or "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics". This
is when the atmospheric flow is considered within the framework of a moving
fluid. I have, however, also been teaching basic overview courses in meteorology.
The list of courses I teach/have taught is:
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Advanced "Dynamic Meteorology" and part of "Numerical
Methods" within the course "Atmospheric Motion Systems" (15p)
is given in Uppsala annually during the spring semester. I have dealt primarily
with: a/ The equation system that govern atmospheric motions, its solutions
and effects of various basic assupmtions; b/ Parametrisation problems in
numerical models, i.e. how to solve for those properties that are not explicitly
calculated in a model; c/ Other practical problems in setting up a numerical
weather forecast model, i.e. how to arrange the grid net, how to treat
boundaries and how to initialize a model and data assimilation. I took
the initiative in Uppsala to merge several older courses into this 15p
block, which includs also "Numerical Methods" and "Mesoscale meteorology".
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"Introductory Fluid Dynamics" is a part of "Atmospheric
Physics and Chemistry" (10p) in Uppsala, given annually during the fall
semester and will from fall semester 2000 be given also at MISU. This is
one of the first courses that the meteorology-major students take, and
the intention to make them realize that meteorology is just a special case
of fluid dynamics amongst many others, and to introduce some fluid dynamics
concepts that are universal and helpful later on.
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"Introduction to Meteorology" (2.5p) is part of the
Earth Science education in Uppsala. It is a non-mathematical course that
gives enough insight to meteorology, that the students can understand conceptually
different atmospheric processes and how climate comes about. It is given
two times annually, everyone has it, and I have taught it when my number
was up.
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"Meteorology and Climatology" (5p) is a more advanced
basic meteorology course given for Environmental Engineering students in
Uppsala. I contains a condensate of all the essential meteorology, including
thermodynamics, dynamic meteorology, boundary layer turbulence and mesoscale
as well as general circulation and climate. Its a though one, including
the math, and I taught (again) a dynamic meteorology segment.
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"Mesoscale Meteorology" (5p) deals with intermediate scales
in meteorology, for which the flow not necessarily geostrophic but is larger
in scale the the boundary layer eddies. I gave this on an undergraduate
level at MISU in 1999 and 2002 and organized a graduate course on this
subject during the 2000/01 academic year.
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"Boundary-layer Meteorology" (4p) deals with the very
smallest scales in meteorology; the effects of turbulence on the larger scale
flow. This course is one of the first that the meteorology major students
take during their first semester at MISU; I've given it twice so far.
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"Introductory Meteorology" (2.5p) is a special course in meteorology that is given as a part of the Atmospheric Chemistry course for those students with a chemical background that has no meteorological background before.
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"An overview of Meteorology" (5p) is an evening course in meteorology for non-majors. The students come from varying background and many are high-school teachers that want to learn more about the atmosphere.
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I have also given several graduate courses.
In 1998 I took part in organizing and giving a graduate-level
course called "Global Change". This course encompass global changes
on all scales ranging from geological time scales to antropogenic climate
change. It consisted of several "spehers": Geosphere, Kryossphere, Biosphere
and Atmosphere. I was responsible for the "case unit" about atmospheric
changes. The course has now been given twice, in 1998 and 2000.
In 2001 I gave a 10p course in "Mesoescale Meteorology" together with
Branko Grisogono and Carmen Nappo, and in 2003 and 2007 I arranged
"Boundary-Layer Meteorology" courses together with Gunilla Svensson.
I have also given several individual lectures on other graduate courses, last in 2006 when I lectured about boundary-layer clouds on a cloud phyiscs course
at MISU.
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