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, Polar Oceanography.
Text/Reference
Text/Reference Books:
1. J M Wallace and Peter V Hobbs: Atmospheric Science, Second Edition: An Introductory Survey, International Geophysics
2. J R Holton and George J Hakim: An Introduction to Dynamical Meteorology, International Geophysics Series
3. Murry L. Salby:Fundamental of Atmospheric Physics, Academic Press
4. John A. Knauss. Introduction to physical oceanography
5. Lynne D. Talley:Descriptive physical oceanography : an introduction, Academic Press
6. John Ralph Apel:Principles of Ocean Physics
7. Reza Malek-Madani: Physical Oceanography: A Mathematical Introduction with MATLAB, Chapman and Hall |