ATM3011

Weather Phenomena (6 points)

(SCI)

Leader: Dr Steven Siems

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2003 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)

Synopsis: Moist thermodynamics, cloud microphysics (including development and precipitation), boundary layer dynamics, meso-scale convection and convective instability, the dynamics of mid-latitude cyclones, cyclogenesis and meteorological fronts, air pollution meteorology and modelling, meso-scale modelling.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 55% + Assignments and tests: 25% + Laboratory work: 20%

Contact Hours: Three 1-hour lectures and an average of one 1-hour support class per week and one 2-hour computer laboratory per fortnight

Prerequisites: MTH2010