280016 VO Synoptic-dynamic Meteorology I (2007W)

ECTS: 3
Introduction (Literature; Historical outline), Fields of meteorological variables, scalar und vector quantities, Subjective and objective Analyses, Projections applied in Meteorology, Wind field analysis (Geostrophic equilibrium, Gradient wind equilibrium, Antitriptic Wind, zyclostrophic Wind, frictional equilibrium wind, Stream lines, Trajectories, Geostrophic wind scale, Gradient wind scale, Jet Streams), Kinematic Analysis (Vorticity, divergence, deformation), Temperature field analysis (potential temperature, barometric mean temperature, Equivalent potential temperature, air masses), Static stability analysis (Stability indices, Hodographs), Diagnosis of the vertical motion, Fronts (Front models, frontogenesis, objective frontal analysis)