Subject Code: CL5L103 Subject Name: Physics of Atmosphere and Ocean L-T-P:  3-0-0 Credit: 3  
Pre-requisite(s):  Nil
Thermodynamics of dry air, thermals; Thermodynamic of moist air: thermodynamic properties of water; Clausius - Clapeyron (C-C) equation, moist processes in the atmosphere, adiabatic; saturated and unsaturated accent, Thermodynamic diagrams, Moist convection, formation of cloud droplets, precipitation, thermodynamics of sea water, Processes at the sea surface, salinity, bulk temperature, measurement techniques of SST; heat flux and its global distribution, sea surface hydrology,  space waves and tides, ocean surface waves,  internal waves, Kelvin waves,  Rossby  waves, tidal currents and storm surges.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Holton J R: An Introduction to Dynamical Meteorology, Academic Press
  2. John R. Howell, Robert Siegel, M. Pinar Menguc. Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer. CRC Press
  3. Lynne D. Talley: Descriptive physical oceanography: an introduction, Academic Press
  4. John Ralph Apel. Principles of Ocean Physics. Academic Press