303984 (v.2) Remote Sensing 504
| Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Lecture: | 2 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Structure of the atmospheric boundary layer. Measuring surface layer parameters. Examples. Turbulent processes. Reynolds' stresses. Eddy viscosity. The surface layer, Ekman layer. Surface transfer processes. Atmospheric stability effects. The Monin-Obukhov length, bulk and flux Richardson numbers. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. Surface layer and Ekman layer profiles. Effects of time variation of stability. Statistics of turbulence. Turbulence modelling. Atmospheric dispersion models. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: October 30, 2003 13:11:55
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