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Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Sciences

Prof. M V Sunil Krishna · IIT Roorkee

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Lectures

Unit 1

  1. An Introduction to the Earth's Atmosphere and Source of Energy-The Sun Video
  2. Primary Source of Energy on the Earth-The Sun Video
  3. Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere Video
  4. Earth's Second Atmosphere and Rise of Oxygen Video
  5. Atmosphere of Other Planets in Solar System Video

Unit 2

  1. Structure of Earth's Atmosphere Video
  2. Vertical Structure of Atmosphere Video
  3. Characterization of Atmosphere Based on Electrical Properties Video
  4. Coupling of Solar Radiation with the Earth's Atmosphere Video
  5. Forces and Their Classifications Video

Unit 3

  1. Forces-Gravitational Force Video
  2. Forces - Viscous Force Video
  3. Forces-Coriolis Force Video
  4. Coriolis Force and Curvature Effect Video
  5. Hydrostatic Equation Video

Unit 4

  1. Hypsometric Equation Video
  2. Atmospheric Thermodynamics Video
  3. Thermodynamics - Dry Air Video
  4. Thermodynamics - Moist Air Video
  5. Geopotential and Scale Height Video

Unit 5

  1. Specific Heats Video
  2. Air Parcel and Potential Temperature Video
  3. Moisture Parameters Video
  4. Saturation Mixing Ratio and Relative Humidity Video
  5. Pseudo-Adiabatic Processes Video

Unit 6

  1. Convection of Air Video
  2. Atmospheric Stability and Cloud Formation Video
  3. Cloud Formation Video
  4. Cloud Formation and Lifting Video
  5. Cloud Morphology Video

Unit 7

  1. Secondary Cloud Classification and Fog Video
  2. Atmospheric Stability Video
  3. Atmospheric Stability Conditions Video
  4. Stable Unstable and Neutral Atmosphere Video
  5. Cloud Seeding and Precipitation Video

Unit 8

  1. Measuring Precipitation Video
  2. Droplet Growth and Curvature Effect Video
  3. Droplet Growth and Solute Effect Video
  4. Radial Growth of Droplets by Diffusion Video
  5. Radial Growth of Droplets by Diffusion-Continued Video

Unit 9

  1. Ionospheric Layers and Photochemistry Video
  2. Ionization Processes Video
  3. Ionospheric Chemical Reactions and Layers Video
  4. Chapman's Theory of Layer Production Video
  5. Chapman's Theory of Layer Production-Continued Video

Unit 10

  1. Chapman's Alpha Layer Video
  2. Hydrogen in Ionosphere Video
  3. Debye's Shielding Video
  4. Debye's Shielding and Debye's Potential Video
  5. Debye's Potential-Continued Video

Unit 11

  1. Particle Motion in Uniform Electric Field Video
  2. Particle Motion in Uniform Magnetic Field Video
  3. Particle Motion in Uniform Magnetic Field and Guiding Center Video
  4. Particle Motion in Uniform Electric and Magnetic Fields Video
  5. Gradient Magnetic Field Video

Unit 12

  1. Gradient Drift and Curvature Drift Video
  2. Vacuum Drift and Planetary Ring Current Video
  3. Magnetic Mirroring Video
  4. Magnetic Mirroring and Loss Cone Video
  5. Airglow and Aurora Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. M V Sunil Krishna
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
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