ATOC 517 Boundary Layer Meteorology

3 credits · Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences · Faculty of Science · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Turbulence and turbulent fluxes, atmospheric stability, Monin-Obukhov similarity theory, surface roughness and surface fluxes, power law and logarithmic wind profiles including their application in wind energy and engineering sectors, convective and stably stratified boundary layers, internal bounda…

Prerequisites

MATH 314, MATH 315, and one of ATOC 312 or ATOC 315 or ATOC 512, or permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite courses: ATOC 312, ATOC 315, ATOC 512, MATH 314, MATH 315

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