COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To enable students to describe and define the fundamental physical principles and processes in the atmosphere and the sea, analysis of their structure and analysis of fluids in rest and in motion.
COURSE CONTENT
Atmosphere-ocean system: Solar radiation. Temperature distribution. Greenhouse effect. Convection. Variability of radiative forcing and consequent horizontal gradients. Atmosphere-sea interaction. Characteristics of fluid in rest - Equation of state. Therm dynamic variables. Water vapour in the atmosphere. Phase transitions. Fluid parcels in equilibrium (pressure gradient force, gravity), hydrostatic equation. Vertical structure of atmosphere and sea. Static stability, Brunt Vaisala frequency, potential temperature, potential density. Vertical profiles and their graphical presentation. Fluid in motion Fluid parcel. Continuity equation. Equation of conservation of scalar quantity (humidity, salinity). Heat equation. Equation of motion, Coriolis force, viscosity effects (molecular, turbulent). Scales of motion. Boundary conditions (solid boundary, material boundary, internal boundary).
LEARNING MODE:
1. listening sessions, study the notes and literature, seminars,
2. systematic perception and deduction
3. case study, derivation of equations and problem solving.
TEACHING METHODS:
1. presentation, discussion,
2. task of equation derivation and solving numerical problems.
METHODS OF MONITORING AND VERIFICATION:
Homework, seminar, colloquium, written and oral exam.
TERMS FOR RECEIVING THE SIGNATURE:
Regular attendance to the lectures (at least 70%), homework, colloquium.
EXAMINATION METHODS:
Students must pass the final written examination. A maximum of 10 points can be achieved in the exam, and two tasks must be solved correctly to pass (4 points). The overall grade for the written exam is determined as follows: (40-62)% points - sufficient, (63-75)% points - good, (76-88)% points - very good, (89-100)% points - excellent. The overall grade for the examination is determined after the oral examination has been passed.
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