NCAT ASME 433 (Atmospheric Dynamics I) Fall 2023 |
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Real Forces
1.3 Apparent Forces and Coordinate Systems
1.4 Alternative Vertical Coordinates
Ch.2 Scale Analysis of Basic Equaitons of Atmospheric Motion & Processes
2.1 Scale Analysis of Equations of Motion
2.2 Scale Analysis and Approximations of Continuity Equation
Ch.3 Scale Analysis of Thermodynamic Equation
Ch.4 Elementary Applications of the Basic Equations
4.1 Basic Eqs. in Isobaric Coordinates
4.3 Trajectories, Streamlines, and Streamfunction
4.4 Thermal Wind
4.5 Vertical Motion
4.6 Surface Pressure Tendency
5.1 Circulations Theorems
5.2 Vorticity
5.3 The Vorticity Equation
5.4 Potential Vorticity
Ch. 6 General Circulation
Ch.7 Quasi-Geostrophic (QG) Theory of Baroclinic Instability and Cyclogenesis
7.1&2 QG Approximation and QG Vorticity Equation
7.3 Geopotential Tendency Equation
7.4 QG Diagnosis, Omega Vertical Motion, and Q-Vector
7.5 Idealized Baroclinic Model and Cyclogenesis
Ch. 8 Introduction to Wave Dynamics
Ch. 9 Introduction to Planetary Boundary Layer