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MCM 212 Dynamic Meteorology

ND2 levelManagement & Administration13 topics

MCM 212 covers 13 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Meteorological equations of motion
  2. Forces, pressure and gravitational field
  3. Hydrostatic approximation and quasi-hydrostatic motion
  4. Continuity equation for fluids
  5. Atmospheric minor constituents
  6. Atmospheric radiation, airglow and aurora
  7. Ionospheric phenomena and flare effects
  8. Balanced motion and geostrophic wind
  9. Gradient, thermal winds and circular vortex
  10. Atmospheric stability and disturbances
  11. General circulation, momentum and kinetic energy
  12. Vorticity, divergence, streamlines and trajectories
  13. Atmospheric turbulence and boundary-layer processes

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Meteorological equations of motion

The meteorological equations of motion – the Navier–Stokes equations adapted to a rotating atmosphere – describe how wind, pressure, temperature, and density evolve in the atmosphere. Mastering the continuity, momentum, thermodynamic energy, and state equations, and knowing when to use approximations such as geostrophic, hydrostatic, or Boussinesq, is essential for solving exam problems on atmospheric dynamics.

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