Academic Catalog

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.