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.