Universität Wien

280319 UE PM-Met-4 Exercises in Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere (PI) (2011W)

Continuous assessment of course work

2E206 Di, 11:00-12:00
Termine/Dates:
04.10.2011 (Vorbesprechung/Preliminary Meeting)
11.10.2011
18.10.2011
25.10.2011
08.11.2011
15.11.2011
22.11.2011
29.11.2011
06.12.2011
13.12.2011
10.01.2012
17.01.2012 (Wiederholungseinheit/Review Session)

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Same as for the corresponding lecture 280318 "Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere".

Assessment and permitted materials


The grading system is based on: i) homework; ii) blackboard performance; iii) a final exam. Homework and blackboard performance, altogether, account for 50% of the final grade (exercise points). The final exam accounts for the remaining 50% (exam points). To pass the course successfully, a minimum of 50% of the exam points and 50% of the exercise points is required.

At the beginning of each exercise session, a sheet is circulated on which students can tick what exercises they solved. During the session, students are asked to come to the blackboard and their performance is evaluated with a weighting factor of 0, 0.5, or 1.

At the end of the course, exercise points are calculated as (A/B)*C, where:
A: sum of points gained by ticking problems.
B: total points available.
C: mean weighting factor of the blackboard performances.
The worst homework session is not included in the computation ("void result").

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students following the course will understand the basic concepts of thermodynamics and their application to thermodynamic processes in the atmosphere.

Examination topics

Exercise problems will be solved by the students at home. During the exercise session the problems will be presented by students at the blackboard and discussed in class.

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.
Bohren, C.F. and Albrecht, B.V., 1998: Atmospheric Thermodynamics. Oxford University Press, 402 pp.

Association in the course directory

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