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Introduction to Atmospheric Science

Introduction to Atmospheric Science. Instructor: Prof. C. Balaji, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras. This course provides an introduction to atmospheric science which is concerned with the structure and evolution of planetary atmosphere and the phenomena associated with them. The course covers lessons in the Earth system, atmospheric thermodynamics, radiative transfer, atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric boundary layer, and climate dynamics. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 11 - The Hydrostatic Equation

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Introduction and Earth System

Lecture 01 - Introduction

Lecture 02 - Atmosphere: A Brief Survey (Pressure, Temperature and Chemical Composition)

Lecture 03 - Atmosphere: A Brief Survey (Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere)

Lecture 04 - Vertical Structure of Atmosphere (cont.), The Earth System: Oceans

Lecture 05 - The Earth System: Oceans (cont.), Marine Biosphere

Lecture 06 - The Earth System: Hydrological Cycle

Lecture 07 - The Earth System: Hydrological Cycle (cont.), Carbon Cycle

Lecture 08 - The Earth System: Carbon Cycle (cont.), Carbon in the Oceans Earth's Crust

Lecture 09 - The Earth System: Carbon in the Oceans Earth's Crust

Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Lecture 10 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics: Introduction

Lecture 11 - The Hydrostatic Equation

Lecture 12 - Hypsometric Equation and Pressure at Sea Level

Lecture 13 - Basic Thermodynamics

Lecture 14 - Concept of Air Parcel and Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate

Lecture 15 - Potential Temperature

Lecture 16 - Skew-T ln-P Chart

Lecture 17 - Problems using Skew-T ln-P Chart

Lecture 18 - Problems using Skew-T ln-P Chart (cont.)

Lecture 19 - Problems using Skew-T ln-P Chart (cont.)

Lecture 20 - Lifting Condensation Level (LCL)

Lecture 21 - Lifting Condensation Level (cont.)

Lecture 22 - Saturated Adiabatic and Pseudo-adiabatic Processes

Lecture 23 - Equivalent Potential Temperature and Wet Bulb Potential Temperature

Lecture 24 - Normand's Rule - Chinook Winds

Lecture 25 - Problems on Chinook Wind and Static Stability

Lecture 26 - Static Stability - Brunt-Vaisala Frequency

Lecture 27 - Conditional and Convective Instability

Lecture 28 - Static Stability - Problems using Radiosonde Data and Skew-T ln-P Chart

Lecture 29 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics - Clausius Clapeyron Relation

Lecture 30 - Clausius Clapeyron Relation (cont.)

Radiative Transfer

Lecture 31 - Atmospheric Radiation - Radiation Laws

Lecture 32 - Planck's Distribution and Inverse Square Law

Lecture 33 - Physics of Scattering, Emission and Absorption

Lecture 34 - Physics of Scattering, Emission and Absorption (cont.)

Lecture 35 - Radiative Transfer Equation - Derivation

Lecture 36 - Radiative Transfer Equation (cont.)

Lecture 37 - Radiative Heating Profiles of the Atmosphere

Climate Dynamics

Lecture 38 - Climate Dynamics: Introduction

Lecture 39 - Climate Sensitivity and Feedback

Lecture 40 - Climate Change

Lecture 41 - Atmospheric Dynamics