ATOC 315 Thermodynamics and Convection

3 credits · Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences · Faculty of Science · Offered: Fall

Buoyancy, stability, and vertical oscillations. Dry and moist adiabatic processes. Resulting dry and precipitating convective circulations from the small scale to the global scale. Mesoscale precipitation systems from the cell to convective complexes. Severe convection, downbursts, mesocyclones.

Prerequisite courses: ATOC 214, MATH 222

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