280318 VO PM-Met-4 Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere (NPI) (2015W)
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Mo, 9:00-11:00
Raum: 2E206, UZA II
Beginn 12.10.2015
Raum: 2E206, UZA II
Beginn 12.10.2015
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max. 50 participants
Language: German, English
Examination dates
Wednesday
09.12.2015
Thursday
28.01.2016
Wednesday
27.04.2016
Wednesday
29.06.2016
Wednesday
12.10.2016
Wednesday
12.10.2016
Thursday
19.01.2017
Wednesday
03.05.2017
Wednesday
28.06.2017
Friday
15.12.2017
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Mo, 9:00-11:00
Raum: 2E206, UZA II
Beginn 12.10.2015
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Oral exam
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E715
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:42
* 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.