PH5012:03
Meteorology
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
25 hours lectures. Semester 2.
Staff: Mr R Jaycock.
Midlatitude systems – observed structure of midlatitude synoptic systems; diagnostic equations, numerical predictions; idealised model of a developing baroclinic system; baroclinic instability and cyclogenesis; frontal systems and surfaces of discontinuity.
Tropical Systems – observed structure of large scale tropical systems; convection; origin of tropical disturbances; Tropical cyclones-structure, life cycle and models.
General Circulation – thermally driven circulation, the tropical monsoon; global energy and momentum; the energy cycle, global thermodynamics.
Learning Objectives:
- to obtain a fundamental understanding of the physical processes controlling the behaviour of the lower atmosphere in general and factors influencing the weather in particular.
Assessment by tests and assignments.