GEOG 431  Dynamic Meteorology I

CONTENT:  This course provides an introduction to large-scale dynamics of the Earth's troposphere focusing on fundamental topics, the basic governing equations of motion in the atmosphere, and dry thermodynamics.    Prerequisites:  GEOG 121 and MATH 327 and PHYS 260; or permission of instructor. 3 hours.

OFFERED:  Fall Semester (next offered Fall 2009).

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Content outline
· Conservation laws
· Atmospheric thermodynamics
· Circulation and vorticity
· Planetary boundary layer
· Cloud development and storms
· Quasi-geostrophic analysis
· Atmospheric Oscillations
· Baroclinic instability
· Mesoscale circulation
· The general circulation
· Tropical atmosphere
· Middle atmosphere
· Numerical modeling for prediction

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