MASC544 DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
| Course Code: |
9500544 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Graduate School Of Marine Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. EMÝN ÖZSOY |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Atmospheric thermodynamics, wet and dry equations of state, adiabatic relationships, geopotential and potential temperature, equations of motion; shallow-water, Boussinesq and quasi-geostrophic approximations, gradient and thermal wind, energy conversions. Hadley circulation, jet streams and fronts, frontogenesis and cyclogenesis, air masses, structure and mechanics of the general circulation and mid-latitude synoptic systems, planetary boundary layers.
