Overview
Syllabus
Introduction.
Invasive species riding the atmosphere.
Microbes ride in clouds, catalyze rain.
Atmospheric transport of microorganisms.
Count spores, identify down to level of species.
Sources are unknown.
A classic punctuated change.
Atmospheric transport network.
Sampling biological tracers at a fixed location.
Sampling on either side of a LCS.
Effect of turbulence.
FTLE including sub-grid scale turbulence.
Forecasting atmospheric LCS.
Practical application: early warning systems.
Lagrangian transport structure and ecology.
Aeroecology and the global transport of desert dust.
Forecasting sudden ecosystem changes.
The End.
Taught by
Ross Dynamics Lab