Advanced Tropical Meteorology
Advanced Tropical Meteorology covers moist thermodynamics, deep convection, quasi-equilibrium, weak temperature gradients, mean circulations, coupled waves, and cyclones.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Recognize the many ways in which tropical deep convection is fundamental to the tropical climate and its variability.
Interpret the meaning and significance of the weak temperature gradient approximation.
Recognize the fundamental role water vapor has in the tropics.
Discuss similarities and differences among different types of tropical motions.
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course map(ATM OCN 522 or 630),ATM OCN 610, and graduate/professional standing
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- ATMOCN 610
- graduate/professional standing
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- ATMOCN 610
- graduate/professional standing
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Advanced treatment of the fundamentals of tropical meteorology, including moist thermodynamic processes, tropical deep convection, convective quasi-equilibrium, the weak temperature gradient approximation, the mean tropical circulations, convectively coupled waves, and tropical cyclones.
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Topics
- Moist thermodynamic processes
- Tropical deep convection and convective quasi-equilibrium
- Weak temperature gradient approximation
- Mean tropical circulations, convectively coupled waves, and tropical cyclones
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- Analysis of moist thermodynamic processes, tropical deep convection, and mean tropical circulations.
- Interpretation of the weak temperature gradient approximation.
- Discussion of similarities and differences among types of tropical motions.
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