PLASTINO WOLFANGO
(syllabus)
The Earth-atmosphere system
- Composition and structure
-Radiative equilibrium of the Earth
-The global energy budget
Hydrostatic equilibrium
- Hydrostatic balance
-Stratification
-Lagrangian interpretation of stratification
Static stability
- Stability categories
-Implications for vertical motion
-Stabilizing and destabilizing influences
-Turbulent dispersion
Radiative transfer
- Description of radiative transfer
-Absorption characteristics of gases
-Thermal equilibrium
-The greenhouse effect
Large-scale motion
- Geostrophic equilibrium
-Vertical shear of the geostrophic wind
-Frictional geostrophic motion
-Curvilinear motion
-Weakly divergent motion
Thermodynamics of gases
- Thermodynamic concepts
-Adiabatic processes
-Diabatic processes
Heterogeneous systems
- Chemical equilibrium
-Fundamental relations for a multi-component system
-Equilibrium phase transformations
Transformations of moist air
- Implications for the distribution of water vapor
-Thermodynamic behaviour accompanying vertical motion
-The pseudo-adiabatic chart
Atmospheric motion and equations
- Kinematics of fluid motion
-Reynold’s transport theorem
-Conservation of mass
-The momentum budget
The planetary boundary layer
- Description of turbulence
-Structure of the boundary layer
-Ekman pumping
Wave propagation
- Acoustic waves
-Buoyancy waves
-The Lamb wave
-Rossby waves
-Wave absorption
Dynamic stability
- Inertial stability
-Shear stability
-The Eady model
Influence of the Ocean
- Composition and structure
-Role in the heat budget
-Role in the carbon cycle
-The wind-driven circulation
-The buoyancy-driven circulation
-Interannual changes
(reference books)
Salby M.L. - Physics of the Atmosphere and Climate. Cambridge University Press, 2012 - ISBN:9780521767187
Vallis G.K. - Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge University Press, 2006 - ISBN:9780521849692
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