Universität Wien

280318 VO PM-Met-4 Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere (NPI) (2011W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 28 - Erdwissenschaften, Meteorologie - Geophysik und

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max. 30 participants
Language: German, English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 03.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 10.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 17.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 24.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 31.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 07.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 14.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 21.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 28.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 05.12. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 12.12. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 09.01. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 16.01. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 23.01. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II
  • Monday 30.01. 15:30 - 17:30 Seminarraum Geochemie 2C193 1.OG UZA II

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Aims, contents and method of the course

* Thermodynamic systems, thermodynamic variables. Experimentally-derived gas laws: Gay-Lussac, Charles, Boyle, ideal gas law. Kinetic theory of heat, relationship to the ideal gas law. Mixture of gases: Dalton's law. Atmospheric composition. Virtual temperature.
* Work, energy, Joule's law, enthalpy. First law of thermodynamics. Thermal capacities. Adiabatic transformations, potential temperature, adiabatic lapse rate. Carnot cycle. Entropy, second law of thermodynamics. Free energy.
* Properties of water. Equilibrium phase transformations, latent heat. Clausius-Clapeyron equation. Saturated vapor pressure. Humidity variables. Saturated adiabatic lapse rate.
* Vertical structure of the atmosphere. Gravity, geopotential. Hydrostatic balance. Hypsometric equation and applications. Buoyancy, equation of motion for small vertical displacements, Brunt-Vaisala frequency. Static stability criteria.
* Thermodynamic diagrams. Conditional & convective instability. Convective available potential energy, convective inhibition.

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

* Tsonis, A. A., 2007: An introduction to atmospheric thermodynamics, 2nd Edition. Cambdrige University Press, 187 pp.
* North, G. R. and T. L. Erukhimova, 2009: Atmospheric Thermodynamics: Elementary Physics and Chemistry. Cambridge University Press, 267 pp.
* Wallace, J. M. and Hobbs, P. V., 2006: Atmospheric science: An introductory survey, 2nd Edition. Academic Press, 483 pp (Chapter 3 only).
* Bohren, C. F. and Albrecht, B. V., 1998: Atmospheric thermodynamics. Oxford University Press, 402 pp.

Association in the course directory

E715

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