Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPICS FILES
1 Introduction (PDF - 3.2MB)
Earthquakes
2 Earthquakes (PDF)
3 Seismic waves (PDF)
4 Earthquake kinematics (PDF)
5-6 Earthquake dynamics (PDF - 1.3MB)
7 Associated phenomena: Tsunami

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(AVI - 4.0MB) (Courtesy of NOAA.)

(MOV - 48.1MB) (Courtesy of NOAA.)

8-9 Earthquake preparedness and warning systems (PDF)
Hurricanes
10-12 Tropical cyclones (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 3.0MB)
13-15 The tropical atmosphere: Hurricane incubator (PDF - 1.7MB)
16-18 Computational models of hurricanes (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF - 2.4MB)
Volcanoes
19-21 Volcano overview (PDF - 1.6MB)
22 Magma generation (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
23 Magma ascent and eruption (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
24-26 Volcanic hazards (PDF - 2.7MB)
27 Volcano hazards (cont.) (PDF)
Tornadoes and severe weather
28-29 Tornado overview (PDF - 1.3MB)
30 Moist convection (PDF)
31 Stability assessment (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
32 Thunderstorms (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
33 Mesoscale organization of convection (PDF)
34 Supercells and tornadoes (PDF)
35 Forecasting tornadoes (PDF)