MN-GM-METDYN
Study course: | M.Sc. Physics of Earth and Atmosphere | |||
Module: | MN-GM-METDYN | |||
Title | Dynamics of the Atmosphere (Dynamik der Atmosphäre für Fortgeschrittene) |
Module Number | Workload | CP | Duration | Semester |
MN-GM-METDYN | 180 h | 6 | 1 Semester | ST |
Person in Charge | M. Kerschgens |
Offering Department | Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, Cologne University |
Applicability | Course of Study | Category | Semester | ||
M.Sc. Physics of Earth and Atmosphere | Compulsory for main focus meteorology | 2 |
Aims | • Equation of atmospheric dynamic • Comprehension of the derivation and limitation of approximation • Comprehension of conserved quantities • Deepening of the lecture by independent processing of atmospheric dynamic • Independent and guided working and solving of dynamic problems of meteorology | |||
Skills | Comprehension of relations of physical basics of atmospheric processes and their application for synoptics | |||
Content | Following topics are dealt with on a theoretic level: • Complete movement equations in inertial and moved system • Conservation laws of energy, angular momentum and Ertel PV • Divergence, circulation and vorticity • Primitive equations • Representation in different coordinate systems and scales (regional, synoptic, global) and application to special fields of meteorology (e.g. boundary layer, weather and climate prognostics) • Shallow water equations • Waves in the atmosphere • Rossby number development • Quasi-geostrophic equations • Baroclinic and barotropic models • Frontogenesis and frontolysis • Diagnostic relation for distribution of divergence and vertical velocity. Application of vorticity and Omega equation • Influence of bottom friction, diabatic heat transfers and orography on synoptic processes |
Lectures | Form, Theme | Max. of Participants | h/week | workload | CP |
Lecture Exercise | 20 | 3 2 | 90 90 | 3 3 |
Examinations | Form of testing and examination | Graded or not |
Written examination | Graded | |
Requirements | Successful participation in exercises | Not graded |
Miscellaneous | Obligatory literature J. R. Holton, „An introduction of Dynamic Meteorology“, Elsevier Academic Press, 4th ed., 2004. D. Ettling, „Theoretische Meteorologie: Eine Einführung“,Springer-Verlag, 2002. Additional literature H. J. Lange, 2002: Die Physik des Wetters und des Klimas, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 625 pp. J. Pedlosky, 1987: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition,Springer Verlag. Bohren, C. F. and Albrecht, B. A., 1998: Atmospheric Thermodynamics,Oxford University Press, 402 pp. Haltiner, G. J. and Williams, R. T., 1980: Numerical Prediction and Dynamic Meteorology, John Wiley & Sons, 477 pp. H. Pichler, “Dynamik der Atmosphäre”, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 1997. |