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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Earth Sciences

625-226 Fundamentals of the Atmosphere

Credit Points:

12.5

Coordinator:

Dr C J C Reason

Prerequisite/s:

625-113 is strongly recommended. Students are assumed to have taken some first year mathematics and/or physics.

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

26 lectures (two hours per week); 39 hours practical work (three hours per week). Some practical work may be computer-based and take place at times decided by the students

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should:

Comprehend:

  • the fundamental processes of atmospheric thermodynamics, dynamics and energetics;

Have developed:

  • skills in personal weather observation;

  • skills in the use of standard meteorological instruments;

Appreciate:

  • the relationship between human activities and the state of the atmospheric environment.

Content:

The subject addresses the fundamental processes and variables of atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics and energetics and shows how these both influence, and are influenced by, human activities. Climatological implications of the Earth in orbit. Fundamental atmospheric properties. Observational methods. The basic governing laws of atmospheric behaviour: equations of motion and state; conservation of mass and energy. Thermodynamics, clouds and precipitation. Radiation and global climate.

Assessment:

Practical work; problem sheets; a 2-hour written examination.
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