Atmospheric Dynamics II | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

MET 2201

Course Credit Units:

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Undergraduate Level

College:

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

School:

School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences

Department:

Geography

Course Discipline:

geography

Course Description & Objectives:

This course continues the study of basic concepts of atmospheric dynamics and kinematics begun in Atmospheric Dynamics I. The topics covered are: quasi-geostrophic motion analysis, simple wave motion, boroclinic instabilities, and numerical weather prediction

Learning Outcomes:

Explain qualitatively the meaning of trajectories and streamlines, and derive their differential equations and solve them for some simple flows,
Explain the quasi-geostrophic approximation to the equations of motion, and discuss its implications and limitations for synoptic scale atmospheric motion.
Perform linearization of the equations of motion.
Describe the difference between linear and non-linear waves.
Describe the various linear waves that are supported by the equations of motion, and discuss their relevance to synoptic scale motion.
Determine the conditions under which waves become unstable,
Explain the concept of potential vorticity and its usefulness as tool for understanding fluid motion,
Describe the various instability processes in the atmosphere, and their relevance for the growth of synoptic scale disturbances.

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