Subject Code:: CL6L218 Name: Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit:3
Pre-requisite(s):
Mesoscale processes; scaling; observations and analysis; wave fundamentals; Lee waves and windstorms; orographically forced flows; orographic precipitation; differential heating; gravity currents and convective initiation; isolated convective storms; tornadoes; MCS -squall lines; heavy rainfall; internal structure of cyclones; rain bands - observations and theory;         Hydrostatic      approximation      and nonhydrostatic dynamics,             basics of mesoscalemodeling; mesoscale data assimilation; details of some community mesoscale models (MM5 and WRF), mesoscale simulation of intense convective events.

Text/Reference Books:
  1. Roger A Pielke : Mesoscale Meteorological Modelling, Academic Press
  2. B.W. Atkinson: Mesoscale Atmospheric Circulation, Academic Press
  3. P S Ray: Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasts, American Meteorological Society