A List of Assignments for

 

GEO 391: Land-Atmosphere Interaction Dynamics

Problem Set #1 (All from Bonan's Ecological Climatology --Third Edition except explicitly noted. Due September 24)

1. Chapter 1, p. 18, Review question #1

2. Chapter 2, p. 37, Review questions #1, #4

3. Chapter 3, p. 56, Review questions #1, #12

4. Chapter 5, p. 88, Review question #10

5. Chapter 6, p. 101, Review question #8

6. Chapter 7, p. 115, Review question #5

7. Chapter 8, p. 135, Review questions #1, #9

8. Chapter 9, p. 154, Review question #5, #7

9. Please write a 2-page summary (typed, 11-point font, double space, 1 inch margin on each side) after watching the DeFord Lecture entitled "Learning from sparse observations: The ocean parameter calibration and state estimation problem" by Dr. Patrick Heimbach from  https://streaming.beg.utexas.edu/Geology/Catalog/catalogs/deford_lecture_series Or https://tinyurl.com/deford1In your summary, please briefly describe the method, how it works, why it is important, and whether it can be applied to land parameter calibration and state estimation problem.

Problem Set #2 (All from Bonan's book. Due October 12)

1.  Chapter 11, p. 167, Review questions #1

2. Chapter 11, p. 167, Review questions #4

3. Chapter 11, p. 167, Review questions #5

4. Chapter 11, p. 167, Review questions #9

5. Chapter 12, p. 188, Review questions #9

6. Chapter 12, p. 188, Review questions #10

7. Chapter 13, p. 204, Review questions #7

8. Chapter 14, p. 212, Review question #4

9. Chapter 15, p. 224, Review questions #3

10. Chapter 18, p. 269, Review questions #1

Problem Set #3 (All from Bonan's book. Due October 28)

1. Chapter 9, p. 140, Review question #2

2. Chapter 9, p. 140, Review question #5

3. Chapter 9, p. 140, Review question #6

4. Chapter 9, p. 140, Review question #8

5. Chapter 10, p. 152, Review question #3

6. Chapter 10, p. 152, Review question #7

7. Chapter 10, p. 152, Review question #8

Problem Set #4 (All from Bonan's book. Due November 13)

1. Chapter 16, p. 235, Review questions #1

2. Chapter 16, p. 235, Review questions #6

3. Chapter 17, p. 249, Review questions #3

4. Chapter 17, p. 249, Review questions #5

5. Chapter 17, p. 249, Review questions #8

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Problem Set #5 (All from Bonan's book. Due December 2)

1. Chapter 26, p. 427, Review questions #5

2. Chapter 27, p. 461, Review questions #3

3. Chapter 28, p. 484, Review questions #6

4. Chapter 29, p. 512, Review questions #4

5. Chapter 30, p. 540, Review questions #8