ATM S 431 Autumn 1999

Physical Meteorology

Instructor: Dr. Sandra Yuter
618 Atmospheric Sciences Bldg., 685-1073
yuter@atmos.washington.edu

Lectures: MTWThF, 9:30-10:20AM, ATG 610.

Text:Introduction to Micrometeorology by S. Pal Arya.

Course Outline

1. Introduction (Ch. 1)

2. Energy balance near the surface (Ch. 2)

3. Radiation balance near the surface (Ch. 3)

4. Air temperature and humidity in the planetary boundary layer (Ch. 5)

5. Wind distribution in the planetary boundary layer (Ch. 6)

6. Soil temperature and heat transfer (Ch. 4)

7. Introduction to viscous flows (Ch. 7)

8. Fundamentals of turbluence (Ch. 8)

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