Module code | WKD 706 |
Qualification | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Module content | Atmospheric oscillations: Linear perturbation theory (shallow water gravity waves, inertia gravity waves, Rossby waves). Baroclinic instability. Two-layer model. Energetics of Baroclinic waves. Zonally averaged circulation. Angular momentum budget. Lorenz energy cycle. Programming in metereology. |
Module credits | 16.00 |
NQF Level | 08 |
Programmes | |
Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
Contact time | 1 lecture per week, 1 practical per week |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Geography Geoinformatics and Meteorology |
Period of presentation | Semester 1 or Semester 2 |
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