This introductory course aims to show how weather phenomena
are linked to classical physical principles applied to the atmosphere. Main
goals are:
-to provide the fundamentals physical concepts and equations
necessary for understanding the state of the atmosphere;
- to introduce mathematical simplifications of the terms in
the equations;
- to provide the basis for an examination of adiabatic
processes and the atmospheric stability and instability ;
- to illustrate basic
instruments used for surface and upper meteorological observations
The course will deal also with exercises involvingĀ calculations on temperature inversions, lapse
rate, moisture in atmosphere; some types of exercises require practise (weather
symbols, weather maps analysis and soundings)