Universität Wien

280322 VU Boundary Layer Meteorology (2023S)

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

UZA II: 2G542

  • Thursday 02.03. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 09.03. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 16.03. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 23.03. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 30.03. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 20.04. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 27.04. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 04.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 11.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 25.05. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 01.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 15.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 22.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details
  • Thursday 29.06. 13:00 - 16:00 Ort in u:find Details

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The course begins by describing in a qualitative manner the surface energy balance and the dynamics of atmospheric turbulence, together with their impact on the observed features of the surface layer (SL) and of the boundary layer (BL), i.e., the tropospheric layers nearest to the ground. The central topic of the course is the quantitative description of the properties of the SL and BL with scaling laws obtained from dimensional analysis. Finally, the representation of the SL and BL in numerical weather prediction and climate models is discussed. Every few weeks, a hands-on exercise (Python) based on the elaboration of actual measurements or on the implementation of simple theoretical models is proposed.

Assessment and permitted materials

VO part (60%): Oral exam, 3 questions, approximately 45 minutes.
UE part (40%): Python scripts and/or notebooks submitted at the end of sessions.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Mininum requirement: Demonstrated understanding of processes in the atmospheric boundary layer and of micrometeorological phenomena.

Oral exam: 3 questions, about 45 minutes. All topics explained during the course may be covered. You get a grade in
the range 0-60.

Exercises: There are 4 exercise sessions in the semester, code must be submitted at the end of each session. For each session
you get a grade in the range 0-10. A list of tasks is given and the final grade is determined by the successfully
completed tasks.

Final grade: The final percent grade (VO+UE) is converted as follows
* Range 91-100: 1
* Range 81-90: 2
* Range 71-80: 3
* Range 60-70: 4

Examination topics

The whole material presented during the lectures.

Reading list

Lecture slides, textbooks (detailed information will be given during the first lecture).

Association in the course directory

PM-GreMet

Last modified: Th 11.05.2023 11:28