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PH60403
Course name	Atmospheric Physics
Offered by	Physics
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
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Semester	Spring

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Overview of the Atmosphere- vertical structure and composition, Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere- Hydrostatic Equation, Adiabatic Processes, Thermodynamic Diagrams, Water Vapor in Air, Static Stability, Radiative Transfer- Black Body Radiation, Planck function, Greenhouse effect, Scaterring, Absorption and Emission by Air molecules, Beer s law, Passive Remote Sensing by Satellites, Cloud Physics- Nucleation and Growth of cloud droplets, Nucleation and Growth of Ice Particles, Global Electrical circuit, Lightning and Thunder, Atmospheric Dynamics- Vorticity and Divergence, Coriolis Force, Geostrophic and Gradient wind, Thermal Wind, Boundary Layer- Turbulence, Surface and Ekman Layer, Weather Systems- Extra Tropical Cyclones and Tropical Cyclones, ClimateClimate Variability, Greenhouse Effect.

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