GEOG431  Dynamic Meteorology

CONTENT:  This course addresses topics related to atmospheric motions at various spatial-temporal scales, including thermodynamics, vorticity, and mesoscale circulation.    Prerequisites:  GEOG 121 and MATH 120 and PHYS 201/207; or permission of instructor. 3 hours.

OFFERED:  Fall Semester (next offered Fall 2003).

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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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