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- Topics for Exam #1
- Isoplething
- Evolution of the atmosphere
- Chemical composition of the atmosphere
- Vertical distribution of temperature and pressure
- Equation of State
- Hydrostatic Equilibrium
- Densities of moist and dry air
- Geopotential and Geopotential Height
- Reduction of pressure to sea level
- Derivations
- Hydrostatic Equation
- Virtual temperature
- Hypsometric Equation
- Topics for Exam #2
- First Law of thermodynamics
- Adiabatic processes
- Potential temperature
- Equivalent temperature
- Equivalent potential temperature
- Derivations
- Meteorological form of the first law of thermodynamics
- Dry adiabatic lapse rate
- Potential temperature
- Saturated adiabatic lapse rate
- Equivalent temperature
- Moisture Parameters
- vapor pressure
- saturation vapor pressure
- specific humidity
- mixing ratio
- saturation mixing ratio
- relative humidity
- dew point temperature
- equivalent temperature
- equivalent potential temperature
- Topics for Exam #3
- Stability
- Dynamics
- inertial and non-inertial reference frames
- apparent forces and real forces
- Coriolis force
- Pressure-gradient force
- Friction force
- Equations of motion
- Scale analysis
- Geostrophic wind
- Gradient wind
- Derivations
- Pressure-gradient force
- Geostrophic wind
- Gradient wind (cyclones and anticyclones)
- Thermal wind
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