10579 (v.5) Aviation Physics 202

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

4.0

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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.

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Field of Education:

19900 Other Natural and Physical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

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