At the bottom of this post you will find a link to a free online education course for Backyard Meteorology: The Science of
Weather presented by Harvard University and hosted on the education platform EDX.
(EDX has hundereds of courses on many subjects presented by Harvard, Yale, MIT, and many others. They are free. It is worth your time to see the site.)
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Course description
The weather forecasts we see every day are based an army of meteorological sensing networks and intensive computer modeling. Before the rise of these technologies, forecasts were made by understanding cloud formations and
wind directions.
This course will explore the science behind weather systems by teaching the observational skills needed to make a
forecast the without using
instruments or computer models. We’ll discuss the physical processes driving weather and the global forces that shape global climate systems. Finally, we will examine the limits of prediction in both human observations and computer models.
Can the flap of a butterfly's wings in
Brazil set off a tornado in
Texas? Take this course to find out!
Course outline
Physical processes in weather systems
Winds, weather masses, clouds, fronts in the temperate zones
Other weather systems
Weather predictions: Linear and non-linear systems
https://online-learning.harvard.edu/...eather?delta=1
Linear Mode
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