MN-GM-PM
Study course: | M.Sc. Physics of Earth and Atmosphere | |||
Module: | MN-GM-PM | |||
Title | Prognostic Modelling (Prognostische Modellierung) |
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Module Number | Workload | CP | Duration | Semester |
MN-GM-SOSYS | 180 h | 6 | 1 Semester | WT |
Person in Charge | Y. Shao and J. Saur |
Offering Department | Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne |
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Applicability | Course of Study | Category | Semester | ||
M.Sc. Physics of Earth and Atmosphere | Compulsory |
Aims | Prognostic numerical formulation of meteorological and geophysical problems; overview of numerical procedures and their properties; understanding of model capabilities, limitations and model results interpretations |
Skills | Translation of physical problems into numerical codes; scientific programming; model execution and data analysis |
Content | Basics of meteorological and geophysical prognostic modelling; numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations; numerical methods used in meteorological, geophysical and space-plasma prognostic models; initial and boundary conditions; meteorological, geophysical and space-plasma model examples |
Prerequisites | Basic knowledge of the geophysical fluid and linear algebra, basic knowledge of programming in Matlab, Fortran, C/C++ or similar. |
Lectures | Form, Theme | Max. of Participants | h/week | workload | CP |
Lecture Exercise | 30 | 2 2 | 60 120 | 2 4 |
Examinations | Form of testing and examination | Graded or not |
Written Examination | Graded | |
Requirements | Successful participation in the exercises | Not graded |
Miscellaneous | Recommended Literature:? Haltiner, J. and R.T. Williams, 1980: Numerical Prediction and Dynamic Meteorology, John Wiley & Sons Inc. Coiffier, J., 2009: Fundamentals of Numerical Weather Prediction, Cambridge University Press. Krishnamurti, T.N., H.S. Bedi, V.M. Hardiker and L. Ramaswamy, 2006: An Introduction to Global Spectral Modelling, Springer-Verlag. Ames, W.F., 1977: Numerical methods for partial differential equations, Academic Press. Fletcher, C. A. J., 1991: Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics, Springer-Verlag. Hoffmann, J. D., 2001: Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists. Shearer, P., 2009: Introduction to Seismology, Cambridge University Press. Büchner et al., 2003: Space Plasma Simulation (Lecture Notes in Physics), Springer-Verlag. |