NC A&T ASME 434 Spring 2025

(Atmospheric Dynamics II)

Syllabus

Lecture Notes

    1. Introduction

    2. Circulation Theorems

    3. Vorticity

4. The Vorticity Equation

    5. Potential Vorticity

    6. Basic Dynamics of General Circulation

    7. QG Approximation and vorticity equation

    8. QG Prediction of Geopotential Tendency

    9. QG Diagnostic of Vertical Motion

    10. Baroclinc Instability and Cyclogenesis

    11. Introduction to Mesoscale Instabilities

    12. Introduciton to Planetary Boundary Layer Dynamics

    13. Introduction to Isolated Convective Storms

    14. Introduction to Mesoscale Convective Systems