10579 (v.5) Aviation Physics 202

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Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	4.0
Lecture:	4 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	10578 (v.3) Aviation Physics 102 or any previous version AND 10598 (v.5) Thermofluids 201 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Thermodynamic charts, vertical stability, icing. Equations governing motion of atmospheres. Classes of solution. Numerical meteorology. Surfaces of discontinuity. Frontogenesis and frontolysis. Turbulence. Jet streams. Tropical systems. Local phenomenafor example, katabatic winds, sea breezes, fog and pollution. Regular map work.