Universität Wien

280355 VO PM-Met-9: Theoretical Meteorology III (NPI) (2010W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 28 - Erdwissenschaften, Meteorologie - Geophysik und

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German, English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 04.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 11.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 18.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 25.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 08.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 15.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 22.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 29.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 06.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 13.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 10.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 17.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 24.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum
  • Monday 31.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Hörsaal 1 2A120 1.OG UZA II Geo-Zentrum

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

*Quasi-geostrophic analysis (review of the QG approximation, theory and prediction).
*Baroclinic instability (hydrodynamic instability, baroclinic instability, the two-layer model, energetics of baroclinic waves, cyclogenesis).
*Mesoscale dynamics (definition of mesoscale, fronts and frontogenesis, small-scale instabilities, symmetric instability).

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The overall aim of the course is to introduce and adopt a concept of instability that leads to the formation of eddies at many scales in the atmosphere. On the synoptic-scale, the quasi-geostrophic theory and analysis is applied to the synoptic-scale motions that result from baroclinic instability. The course also provides an introduction to the dynamics and phenomena at the mesoscale, some of which result from small-scale instabilities.

Examination topics

Weekly lectures.
Close coordination with the TM III Exercises (PI) course.

Reading list

Holton: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, Academic Press.
Hantel and Mayer: Skriptum Theoretische Meteorologie II, Facultas.

Association in the course directory

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