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Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Sciences

Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Sciences. Instructor: Prof. Mv Sunil Krishna, Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee. This course introduces the basics of Earth's atmosphere to graduate and post-graduate students. It starts from the evolution of the atmosphere and gives understanding of various physical and chemical processes responsible for the observed changes we see in weather and climate. It gives a comprehensive understanding of the neutral atmosphere, ionosphere and various plasma processes. (from nptel.ac.in)

Lecture 06 - Structure of Earth's Atmosphere

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Lecture 01 - An Introduction to the Earth's Atmosphere and Source of Energy - The Sun

Lecture 02 - Primary Source of Energy on the Earth - The Sun

Lecture 03 - Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere

Lecture 04 - Earth's Second Atmosphere and Rise of Oxygen

Lecture 05 - Atmosphere of Other Planets in Solar System

Lecture 06 - Structure of Earth's Atmosphere

Lecture 07 - Vertical Structure of Atmosphere

Lecture 08 - Characterization of Atmosphere based on Electrical Properties

Lecture 09 - Coupling of Solar Radiation with the Earth's Atmosphere

Lecture 10 - Forces and Their Classifications

Lecture 11 - Forces: Gravitational Force

Lecture 12 - Forces: Viscous Force

Lecture 13 - Forces: Coriolis Force

Lecture 14 - Coriolis Force and Curvature Effect

Lecture 15 - Hydrostatic Equation

Lecture 16 - Hypsometric Equation

Lecture 17 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Lecture 18 - Thermodynamics: Dry Air

Lecture 19 - Thermodynamics: Moist Air

Lecture 20 - Geopotential and Scale Height

Lecture 21 - Specific Heats

Lecture 22 - Air Parcel and Potential Temperature

Lecture 23 - Moisture Parameters

Lecture 24 - Saturation Mixing Ratio and Relative Humidity

Lecture 25 - Pseudo-Adiabatic Processes

Lecture 26 - Convection of Air

Lecture 27 - Atmospheric Stability and Cloud Formation

Lecture 28 - Cloud Formation

Lecture 29 - Cloud Formation and Lifting

Lecture 30 - Cloud Morphology

Lecture 31 - Secondary Cloud Classification and Fog

Lecture 32 - Atmospheric Stability

Lecture 33 - Atmospheric Stability Conditions

Lecture 34 - Stable, Unstable and Neutral Atmosphere

Lecture 35 - Cloud Seeding and Precipitation

Lecture 36 - Measuring Precipitation

Lecture 37 - Droplet Growth and Curvature Effect

Lecture 38 - Droplet Growth and Solute Effect

Lecture 39 - Radial Growth of Droplets by Diffusion

Lecture 40 - Radial Growth of Droplets by Diffusion (cont.)

Lecture 41 - Ionospheric Layers and Photochemistry

Lecture 42 - Ionization Processes

Lecture 43 - Ionospheric Chemical Reactions and Layers

Lecture 44 - Chapman's Theory of Layer Production

Lecture 45 - Chapman's Theory of Layer Production (cont.)

Lecture 46 - Chapman's Alpha Layer

Lecture 47 - Hydrogen in Ionosphere

Lecture 48 - Debye's Shielding

Lecture 49 - Debye's Shielding and Debye's Potential

Lecture 50 - Debye's Potential (cont.)

Lecture 51 - Particle Motion in Uniform Electric Field

Lecture 52 - Particle Motion in Uniform Magnetic Field

Lecture 53 - Particle Motion in Uniform Magnetic Field and Guiding Center

Lecture 54 - Particle Motion in Uniform Electric and Magnetic Fields

Lecture 55 - Gradient Magnetic Field

Lecture 56 - Gradient Drift and Curvature Drift

Lecture 57 - Vacuum Drift and Planetary Ring Current

Lecture 58 - Magnetic Mirroring

Lecture 59 - Magnetic Mirroring and Loss Cone

Lecture 60 - Airglow and Aurora