SUBJECT

Title

Atmospheric energetics

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

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.