Lecture outlines for GCC Summer School
Prof. Jack McConnell
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
York University
Atmospheric radiation
- Solar and IR radiation
- The radiative transfer equation with scattering
- Absorption and emission
- Applications to heating (IRand solar) and photolysis
- Remote sounding
Prof. Ted Shepherd
Department of Physics
University of Toronto
Stratospheric dynamics, ozone and climate
- Dynamical variability
- Structures
- Tracer transport
- Tracer-tracer correlations
Prof. Ian McDade
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
York University
Satellite measurements
- Middle atmosphere composition and dynamics: some traditional and some new approaches
Prof. Dylan Jones
Department of Physics
University of Toronto
Stratospheric chemistry
- Ozone chemistry
- Chemical-dynamical coupling
- UTLS
Prof. William Ward
Department of Physics
University of New Brunswick
Measurements and modelling in the MLT region
- Dynamics
- Transport
- Coupling
- Sampling (aliasing) issues
Dr. Saroja Polavarapu
ARMA, MSC Downsview
Basics of data assimilation
- Estimation theory
- Optimal interpolation
- 3Dvar
Prof. Michelle Santee
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Role of modelling in polar process studies
- Polar stratospheric clouds
- Denitrification
Dr. Tom McElroy
ARQX, MSC Downsview
Ground-based ozone measurements
Dr. Charles McLandress
Department of Physics
University of Toronto
Gravity waves
- Parameterized vs resolved structures in models
- Sampling issues
- Model-measurement comparison
Dr. Stella Melo
Department of Physics
University of Toronto
Ground-based retrievals
- Comparison between different instruments
- Satellite validation
- Toward model-measurement comparison ofconstituents
Dr. Richard Ménard
ARQI, MSC Dorval
Advanced techniques in data assimilation
- Chemical data assimilation
- 4DVar
- Kalman filter