UBC ATSC 303 - Methods in Atmospheric Science

Textbooks

A. Assigned Readings are selections from the following books.

The reading assignments each week (to be read the weekend BEFORE the lecture) are included in the Assignments/Learning Goals link.

1. Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements

Edited by Thomas Foken (2021)
• ISBN 978-3-030-52170-7,
• e-ISBN 978-3-030-52171-4,
• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52171-4
• Hardcover: 1748 pages
• Publisher: Springer

We focus on Part A (Principles) and Part B (in-situ sensors). We touch on portions of Part C (ground-based remote sensors).
Students can access and download free pdf and/or e-book versions of the textbook via the UBC library.

2. WMO-No.8 - Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation

by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Available free online to everyone.

Volume 1 - Measurement of Meteorological Variables (2023) [click on the green book to download it] 1.General, 2.Temperature, 3.Pressure, 4. Humidity, 5.Wind, 6.Precipitation, 7.Radiation, 8.Sunshine Duration, 9.Visibility, 10.Evaporation, 11.Soil Moisture, 12&13.Soundings, 14.Weather, Ground State, 15.Clouds, 16.Chemicals
Volume III - Observing Systems (2023) 1.Automatic Weather Stns., 2.Airports, 3.Airborne, 4.Marine, 5.Boundary Layer Profilers, 6.Lightning, 7.Radar, 8.Balloons, 9.Urban, 10.Road Weather
CIMO Guide (2023): ANNEX 1.D. SITING CLASSIFICATIONS FOR SURFACE OBSERVING STATIONS ON LAND (in WMO-8-Vol.1 )

3. Meteorological Measurements and Instrumentation

by R. Giles Harrison (2015)
• ISBN: 9781118745809
• Hardcover: 257 pages
• Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
Students with UBC internet addresses can access a free online version of the textbook . If this link doesn't work, then start from the UBC Library search page to access the electronic version of the book.

4. Meteorological Measurement Systems

by Fred Brock and Scott Richardson (2001)
• ISBN: 0-19-513451-6
• Hardover: 290 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
Students with UBC internet addresses can access a free online version of this textbook. If this link doesn't work, then first log into the UBC Library, and access the electronic version of the book from the Library web page. Note that you do not need to create an account with the Knovel publishing company to get access to this book, but only if you access it via the UBC Library.

5. Practical Meteorology: An Algebra-based Survey of Atmospheric Science

by Roland Stull (2017)
• ISBN : 978-0-88865-283-6
• Online: 940 pages
• Publisher: Univ. of British Columbia
Only a few sections from this book will be assigned as readings.
Everyone worldwide can access this for free at https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/books/Practical_Meteorology/ .

6. An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology

by Roland Stull (1988)
• ISBN : 978-0-88865-283-6
• Paperback: 940 pages
• Publisher: Springer
Only a few sections from this book will be assigned as readings.
Students with UBC internet addresses can also access a free online version of this textbook. If that doesn't work, then go to the UBC Library web page, and in the book search field, enter "Stull 1988". The first item should be it. In the blue Actions box, select "Online Access". Then select "Full Text Online", then select "Download book pdf". It is about 60 MB.

7. Eddy Covariance Method for Scientific, Regulatory, and Commercial Applications

by George Burba (2021)
• ISBN: 978-0-578-97714-0
• pdf: 689 pages
• Publisher: LI-COR Biosciences. https://www.licor.com/
Accessible from LI-COR at https://pages.licor.com/NjIwLVlGWS01NzUAAAGHuiJDNQcHdlStrnPeIUrzzFtupQ6Mi3H6lcIU6gzbIgGiJJ-DW_CIg2aXGo8D2-l4opwkuJI=

https://pages.licor.com/NjIwLVlGWS01NzUAAAGHuiJDNQcHdlStrnPeIUrzzFtupQ6Mi3H6lcIU6gzbIgGiJJ-DW_CIg2aXGo8D2-l4opwkuJI=

B. Other optional references:

Canadian ECCC - Manual of Surface Weather Observation Standards. 8th edition, Ammendment 2, 2023 (MANOBS).

COMET/MetEd - Instrumentation and Measurement of Atmospheric Parameters

(2017-2020). All users must register with COMET to view these materials, but registration is free. The first time you try to access any of the COMET modules, it will ask you to enter or to create a login.

Instrumentation course: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/course/58
1- foundations (2017) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/1228
2 - instrument response & calibration (2017) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/1349
3 - temperature (2017) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/1350
4 - pressure (2018) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/1417
5 - humidity (2018) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/1421
6 - wind (2019) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/1603
7 - pollutants (2019) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/1606
8 - clouds - (2020) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/10002
9 - radiation (2020) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/10003
10 - precipitation (2020) - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/lesson/10001
(11 = 1) - field program planning - https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/course/58

US Federal Meteorological Handbooks.

https://www.icams-portal.gov/resources/ofcm/fmh/allfmh2.htm

In particular, see FCM-H1-2019, Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 - Surface Weather Observations and Reports, July, 2019
https://www.icams-portal.gov/resources/ofcm/fmh/FMH1/fmh1_2019.pdf

Automated Weather observations at airports:

Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Users Guide (1998): https://www.weather.gov/media/asos/aum-toc.pdf
Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) specifications (2019): https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_150_5220-16E_w-chg1.p
Access to ASOS and AWOS data: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/automated-surface-weather-observing-systems
FCM-S4-2019: Federal standard for Siting Meteorological Sensors at Airports (2019): https://www.icams-portal.gov/resources/ofcm/fmh/siting/fcm-s4-2019.pdf

US National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Tables of Physical Constants. https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html or as complete list in pdf .

Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing Uncertainty. https://www.nist.gov/pml/nist-technical-note-1297 or as a pdf .

C. Other books on weather instruments:

An Introduction to Meteorological Instrumentation and Measurement

by Thomas P. DeFelice (1998)
• ISBN: 0-13-243270-6
• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall

The Weather Observer's Handbook

by Stephen Burk (2012)
• ISBN: 978-1-107-66228-5
• Paperback: 444 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press.

Invention of the Meteorological Instruments

by W.E. Knowles Middleton (1969)
• ISBN: 978-0608147079
• Hardcover: 362 pages (& was digitized in 2006)
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins Press.