| Center |
| Faculty of Physics |
| Departament |
| Earth Physics and Thermodynamics |
| Lecturers in charge |
| Sin datos cargados |
| Met. Docent |
| Blackboard classes with active participation of students mainly in problem classes. Ocasionaly, works related to the topics of this matter could be accepted. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| Written exam comprising two parts: 6 theory questions (60%) and 2 problems (40%). Coursework will be given a maximum of 2 points. |
| Bibliografia |
| - Introducción a la meteorología dinámica, J.R. Holton. Publicación B27 del Instituto Nacional de Meteorología, Madrid (1990). - Atmospheric science, J.M. Wallace and P.V. Hobbs, Academic Press, New York, (1977) |
| Continguts |
| 1. Atmosphere and ocean as geofluids. 2. Atmospheric and oceanic thermodynamics. 3. Air and water mass convective motion. 4. Cloud microphysics (I) 5. Cloud microphysics (II) 6. Motion equations of geofluids 7. Applications of the motion equations 8. Continuity and thermodynamic energy equations 9. Vorticity equation 10. Quasi-geostrophic theory 11. General circulation 12. Weather prediction |
| Objetius |
| 1. Combined treatment of geofluids. 2. Description at a synoptic scale of the oceanic and atmospheric motion. 3. Understanding general circulation. 4. Atmospheric and oceanic weather prediction. |
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