SUBJECT
Title
Atmospheric energetics
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
Overview of the energetics of laminar and turbulent flows. Forced and free convection. Large and small scale eddies. Available potential energy and global circulation. Lorenz cycle of atmospheric energy. Impacts of ageostrophy on the energetics of global circulation.
Readings
J. van Mieghem, 1973: Atmospheric energetic. Clarendon, Oxford.