SUBJECT

Title

Dynamic Meteorology 3

Type of instruction

lecture + practical

Level

master

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Meteorology MSc

Credits

2+1

Recommended in

Semester 1

Typically offered in

Autumn semester

Course description

Systematization of previous Dynamic meteorology studies during BSc. Hydro-thermodynamic system of equations and scale-dependent simplifications. Closure problem. The scale analysis of the equations, balance motions. Ageostrophic motions. Circulation theory. The vorticity and divergence equations and their meteorological applications in synoptic and mesoscale processes. Tendency equation. Rossby-waves. Development of cyclonic systems. The role of potential vorticity in the evolution of atmospheric processes. Discontinuity surfaces, frontogenesis, formation and development of frontal systems. The aim of the practices is to increase the problem solving ability of the students (balance motion, fronts, divergence, vorticity, potential vorticity, atmospheric waves, frontal systems), FORTRAN programming.

Readings

Atkinson B. W., 1981: Dynamical Meteorology. An Introductory Selection. Methuen.
Pedlosky J., 1986: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Second Edition, Springer-Verlag.
Zdunkowski, W. and Bott, A., 2003: Dynamics of the Atmosphere. A Course in Theoretical Meteorology. Cambridge University press.
Holton J. 2012: An introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Academic Press, Fifth Edition.