NCAT AST 851 Fall 2024 (Dynamic Meteorology)

Syllabus AST 851

Ch.1 Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Real Forces

1.3 Apparent Forces and Coordinate Systems

1.4 Alternate Vertical Coordinates

    Ch.2 Basic Equations and Scale Analysis of Atmospheric Motion & Processes

2.1 Scale Analysis of Equation of Motion

2.2 Scale Analysis and Approximation of Continuity Equation

    Ch.3 Thermodynamic Equation and its Scale Analysis

    Ch.4 Elementary Applications of the Basic Equations

          4.1 Basic Equations in Isobaric Coordinates

          4.2 Balanced Flow

          4.3 Trajectories, Streamlines and Streamfunctions

          4.4 Thermal Wind

          4.5 Vertical Motion

          4.6 Surface Pressure Tendency

Ch.5 Circuation and Vorticity

5.1 The Circulation Theorem

5.2 Vorticity

5.3 The Vorticity Equation

5.4 Potential Vorticity

Ch.6 General Circulation

    Ch.7 Quasi-Geostrophic Theory of Baroclinic Instability and Cyclogenesis

          7.1-2 QG Approximation and QG Vorticity Equation

          7.3 Geopotential Tendency Equation

          7.4 QG Diagnosis of vertical motion

          7.5 Q-Vector and Ageostrophic Circulation

          7.6 Idealized Baroclinic Model and Cyclogenesis

    Ch.8 Introduciton to Planetary Boundary Layer

Ch.9 Mesoscale Instabilities