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280333 VO PM-Met-3: Theoretical Meteorology I (NPI) (2010W)

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

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: German, English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 05.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 12.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 19.10. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 09.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 16.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 23.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 30.11. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 07.12. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 14.12. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 11.01. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 18.01. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Tuesday 25.01. 15:30 - 17:30 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum

Information

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

Introduction to the topics of atmospheric thermodynamics and hydrodynamics, providing the basic equations and fundamental physical principles that form the foundation of atmospheric dynamics.

Examination topics

Weekly lectures. Close coordination with the TM I (PI) course.

Reading list

* Tsonis, A. A., 2007: An Introduction to Atmospheric Thermodynamics, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 187 pp.
* Ambaum, M. H. P., 2010: Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere. John Wiley & Sons, 239 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

E715

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