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302763 (v.2) Remote Sensing Science 404



 

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Contact Hours:

4.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

2 x 2 Hours Weekly

Other Requisite(s):

Admission: to the Physics honours program
Selected topics from - structure of the atmospheric boundary layer. Measuring surface layer parameters.Turbulent processes. Reynolds' stresses. Eddy viscosity. The surface and Ekman layer. Surface transfer processes. Atmospheric stability effects. The Monin-Obukhov length, bulk and flux Richardson numbers. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Surface Ekman layer profiles. Effects of time variation of stability. Statistics of turbulence and modelling. Atmospheric dispersion models.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2003Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  
2003Bentley CampusSemester 2Y  

- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area.


 
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