ATMO 579 Syllabus
1. Introduction
History
Observations
Modeling
Applications
2. Basic equations
Turbulence and flow description
Governing equations for mean and fluctuating quantities
Turbulence closure
Turbulent kinetic energy and stability parameters
3. Scaling laws for mean and turbulent quantities
Wind profiles in the neutral boundary layer
Monin-Obukhov similarity theory
Turbulence statistics
4. Surface roughness and local advection
Roughness length and zero-plane displacement height
Scalar roughness lengths
Roughness lengths over vegetation canopy and over the sea
Local advection and internal boundary layer
5. Land surface fluxes
Land surface energy balance
Radiative fluxes
Evapotranspiration and condensation
6. Thermally stratified atmospheric boundary layer
Convective boundary layer
Stable boundary layer
Marine atmospheric boundary layer
Mesoscale flow and IBL growth
7. Cloud-topped boundary layer
General properties of the CTBL
Entrainment and entrainment instability
8. Advanced topics
Land surface parameterization
Rate equation for ABL depth
Turbulence closure schemes
Sensitivity of climate to the ABL and to land surface
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