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Introduction to Atmospheric Science

Prof. C. Balaji · IIT Madras

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Introduction to Atmospheric Science

  1. Introduction Video
  2. Atmosphere-A brief survey (Pressure, Temperature and Chemical composition) Video
  3. Atmosphere-A brief survey contd ... (Vertical structure of the atmosphere) Video
  4. Vertical structure of atmosphere contd ... and The Earth system - Oceans Video
  5. The Earth system - Oceans Contd ... and Marine biosphere Video
  6. The Earth system - Hydrological cycle Video
  7. The Earth system - Hydrological cycle contd ... and Carbon cycle Video
  8. The Earth system - Carbon cycle contd..., and Carbon in the oceans Earth's crust Video
  9. The Earth system -- Carbon in the oceans Earth's crust Video
  10. Atmospheric Thermodynamics- Introduction Video
  11. The hydrostatic equation Video
  12. Hypsometric equation and pressure at sea level Video
  13. Basic Thermodynamics Video
  14. Concept of air parcel and dry adiabatic lapse rate Video
  15. Potential temperature Video
  16. Skew-T ln-P chart Video
  17. Problems using Skew-T ln-P chart Video
  18. Problems using Skew-T ln-P chart. Video
  19. Problems using Skew-T ln-P chart.. Video
  20. Lifting Condensation Level (LCL) Video
  21. Lifting condensation level Contd... Video
  22. Saturated Adiabatic and Psuedo-adiabatic processes Video
  23. Equivalent potential temperature and wet bulb potential temperature Video
  24. Normand's rule - Chinook winds Video
  25. Problems on Chinook wind and static stability Video
  26. Static stability-Brunt-Visala frequency Video
  27. Conditional and convective instability Video
  28. Static stability - Problems using radiosonde data and skew T ln P chart Video
  29. The second law of thermodynamics - Clausius Clapeyron relation Video
  30. Clausius Clapeyron relation contd.. Video
  31. Atmospheric radiation - Radiation laws Video
  32. Planck's distribution and Inverse square law Video
  33. Physics of scattering, emmision and absorption Video
  34. Physics of scattering, emmision and absorption contd... Video
  35. Radiative Transfer Equation - Derivation Video
  36. Radiative Transfer Equation contd ... Video
  37. Radiative heating profiles of the atmosphere Video
  38. Climate Dynamics - Introduction Video
  39. Climate sensitivity and feedback Video
  40. Climate change Video
  41. Atmospheric dynamics Video

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Madras
Department
Atmospheric Science
Teacher
Prof. C. Balaji
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment
Source
NPTEL
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