Instructor: Dr. Ninad Sheode
The
focus of this course is to understand the working of the atmosphere – an integral part of the entire climate system –
from the point of view of physics. The concepts
introduced in this course are ultimately used in numerical weather prediction and climate models. The
topics include Structure and composition of the
atmosphere, Equation of state for dry and moist air, Adiabatic and Isothermal Processes, Humidity Parameters, Virtual
Temperature, Standard Atmosphere, Barometric
Altimetry, Laws of thermodynamics, Entropy, Potential Temperature, Pseudo- adiabatic Process, Equivalent
Temperature, Equivalent Potential Temperature,
Claussius – Clapeyron Equation, Stability and Instability, Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere, long wave
radiation, black body radiation budget of radiation
energy. Passage of solar radiation through the atmosphere, Atmospheric Windows, emmisivity, Absorption
spectra of atmospheric gases, Raleigh
and Mie scattering.
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