Tropical Cyclones: Current Characteristics and Potential Changes Under a Warmer Climate

Course at University of Buenos Aires

A 75-hour course on tropical meteorology, with emphasis on tropical cyclones, was offered at the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences Department at the University of Buenos Aires. It was attended by over twenty undergraduate and graduate students. All the instructors were team-members of our CRN-II-048 project: L. Farfan, J. Zavala, R. Romero, D. Pozo y G.B. Raga.

The course took place during five weeks in July and August, 2007, and was divided into 30 hours of theory and 45 hours of practical sessions on observational databases. In particular, satellite data representing temperature, wind and precipitation, were analyzed for John, Lane and Paul. Additionally, GOES satellite imagery was analyzed by using computer-based software provided by the Unidata Program Center.