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Advanced Atmospheric Physics

Prof. M. V. Sunil Krishna · IIT Roorkee

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About

This course attempts to impart knowledge on advanced aspects of atmospheric and space physics. Starting with the basics of inertial and non-inertial forces and various dynamical phenomenon it leads to understanding various important aspects such as atmospheric waves and instabilities. The second half of the course is devoted to the understanding of various phenomenon related to ionosphere, the coupling between solar energy and magnetosphere, single particle motion in a variety of electric and magnetic fields, formation of earth’s radiation belts etc. This course can be an extension to the earlier NPTEL course: Introduction to atmospheric and space sciences.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : B.Tech (4th year), MSc (2nd year), MTech (1st year), Pre-PhD

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Relevant for R & D based organizations such as ISRO, NCMRWF, IMD, DRDO.

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Atmospheric Forces & Dynamics (Part-1) YouTube
  2. Atmospheric Forces & Dynamics (Part-2) YouTube
  3. Total Derivative (Introduction) YouTube
  4. Total Derivative of a Vector in a Rotating Frame of Reference YouTube
  5. Momentum Equations and its Vectorial Form in Spherical Polar Coordinates (Part-1) YouTube

Week 2

  1. Momentum Equations and its Vectorial Form in Spherical Polar Coordinates (Part-2) YouTube
  2. Momentum Equations and its Vectorial Form in Spherical Polar Coordinates (Part-3) YouTube
  3. Total Derivative & Lagrangian YouTube
  4. Continuity Equation: Eulerian YouTube
  5. Energy Equations (Part-1) YouTube

Week 3

  1. Energy Equations (Part-2) YouTube
  2. Scaling analysis (Part-1) YouTube
  3. Scaling analysis (Part-2) YouTube
  4. Scaling Analysis of Governing Equations (Part-1) YouTube
  5. Scaling Analysis of Governing Equations (Part-2) YouTube

Week 4

  1. Scaling Analysis (Part-3, A Tutorial) YouTube
  2. Scaling Analysis (Part-4, A Tutorial) YouTube
  3. Introduction of Atmospheric Waves (Part-1) YouTube
  4. Introduction of Atmospheric Waves (Part-2) YouTube
  5. Problems based on Total Derivative (Part-1) YouTube

Week 5

  1. Problems based on Total Derivative (Part-2) YouTube
  2. Shallow Water Gravity Waves (Part-01) YouTube
  3. Shallow Water Gravity Waves (Part-02) YouTube
  4. Acoustic Waves YouTube
  5. Internal Gravity Waves (Part-01) YouTube

Week 6

  1. Internal Gravity Waves (Part-02) YouTube
  2. Internal Gravity Waves (Part-03) YouTube
  3. Pressure as a vertical coordinate (Part-01) YouTube
  4. Pressure as a vertical coordinate (Part-02) YouTube
  5. Pressure as a vertical coordinate (Part-03) YouTube

Week 7

  1. General circulation and global winds YouTube
  2. Introduction to different types of Fronts YouTube
  3. Geostrophic winds YouTube
  4. Natural coordinate and Inertial flows YouTube
  5. Cyclostrophic winds and Rossby number YouTube

Week 8

  1. Gradient winds YouTube
  2. Thermal winds YouTube
  3. Problems on thermal winds YouTube
  4. Ionosphere introduction (Basics)- Part 01 YouTube
  5. Ionosphere introduction (Different layers)- Part 02 YouTube

Week 9

  1. Ionosphere introduction (Photochemistry)- Part 03 YouTube
  2. Ionosphere introduction (Recombination)- Part 04 YouTube
  3. Composite F layer - Part 01 YouTube
  4. Composite F layer - Part 02 YouTube
  5. Composite F layer H/He ions - Part 03 YouTube

Week 10

  1. The Sun - Earth Energetics and Aurora YouTube
  2. Airglows and Aurora YouTube
  3. Sun's magnetic field, Formation of Aurora, and Solar cycle YouTube
  4. Sun's internal structure, Prominences YouTube
  5. Solar wind - Magnetosphere interactions YouTube

Week 11

  1. Solar wind interactions with different planets YouTube
  2. Solar wind properties and its interaction with different planets YouTube
  3. Static Model of Corona YouTube
  4. Parker's Theory of Solar Wind Acceleration (Part 01) YouTube
  5. Parker's Theory of Solar Wind Acceleration (Part 02) YouTube

Week 12

  1. Parker's Theory of Solar Wind Acceleration (Part 03) YouTube
  2. Parker's Theory of Solar Wind Acceleration (Part 04) YouTube
  3. Introduction to Space Weather (Part 01) YouTube
  4. Introduction to Space Weather (Part 02) YouTube
  5. Introduction to Space Weather (Part 03) YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Physics
Teacher
Prof. M. V. Sunil Krishna
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Physics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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