Introduction to Atmospheric Boundary Layer, EOS 854

Content: Atmospheric boundary layer is a branch of atmospheric sciences that deals with phenomena and processes occurring in the atmospheric boundary layer. It also deals with the important exchanges of heat, mass, and momentum occurring continuously between the atmosphere and the earth’s surface. Vertical distributions of meteorological variables such as wind, temperature, and humidity, as well as trace gas concentrations and their role in the energy balance near the surface, also come under the scope of boundary layer meteorology. This interdisciplinary course will provide students with a detailed description of those aspects of the atmospheric boundary layer that are particularly relevant to our daily life. A more detailed theoretical and experimental description of the statistical properties of irregularly (randomly) fluctuating, turbulent motion will be also provided in this course. Students will be introduced to numerical models for the land surface and their applications in numerical weather prediction. The course will include and review of seminal journal papers in the field, exposing students to contemporary research.

Textbooks: An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology (Roland B. Stull) and An Introduction to Micrometeorology (S. Pal Arya)

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