Dynamic Meteorology

Equations and fundamental laws governing atmospheric motion on rotating earth.

Equations and fundamental laws governing atmospheric motion on rotating earth; Orders of magnitude for different scale of motion; The hydrostatic and geotropic approximations; The thermal wind surfaces of discontinuity; Gravity waves; acoustic waves and Rossby waves; Tidal oscillations; Transformation of basic equations into pressure coordinates formulation; Vorticity and divergence equations; Kelvin's Bjerkness' theorem; quasi-geostrophic models; The Omega equation; The boundary layer; the Ekman layer and incorporation of friction into quasi-geostrophic models; Map projections; Stable and unstable waves; Introduction to numerical weather forecasting