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

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2003	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2003	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

- 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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