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Physics of the Atmosphere and the Ocean

G. Redaelli (gianluca.redaelli@univaq.it) 

A. Lombardi (annalina.lombardi@univaq.it)

                             

TEXTBOOKS:

J. Wallace, P. Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, Ac. Press

Jacob D. J., Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, Princeton Univ. Press

Jacobson M. Z., Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modeling, Cambridge Univ. Press 

     Lessons

1	Mo 23 September	GR	Introduction to the course.
2	Mo 30 September	GR	General characteristics of the Atmosphere: definition and terms of references. Weather vs Climate.
3	Th 3 October	GR	General characteristics of the Atmosphere: mass chemical composition, temperature and pressure.
4	Fri 4 October	GR	General characteristics of the Atmosphere: winds and SST. General Circulation and surface winds in an "Aquaplanet" approximation.
5	Mo 7 October	GR	General characteristics of the Atmosphere: precipitation, motion on smaller scale. Atmospheric Thermodynamics: gas laws, hydrostatic equation, geopotential.
7	Th 10 October	GR	Atmospheric Thermodynamics: scale height and hypsometric equation, reduction of pressure to sea level, the first law of thermodynamics, Enthalpy and sensible heat.
8	Fri 11 October	GR	Atmospheric Thermodynamics: the dry adiabatic Lapse Rate, Adiabatic processes and Potential Temperature, Static stability.
9	Mo 14 October	GR	Buoyancy oscillations and Brunt–Väisälä frequency. Potential Temperature and Static stability. Water Vapor in Air: Virtual Temperature and moisture parameters.
9	Fri 18 October	GR	Water Vapor in Air: Saturation Pressure and Mixing Ratio, LCL and Pseudoadiabatic Processes, The Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate, Equivalent Potential Temperature, net effect of ascent followed by descent.
10	Mo 21 October	GR	Radiative transfer: Black-body Radiation. Properties of non-black materials. Physics of Scattering and Absorption.
11	Fri 25 October	GR	Calculation of the Effective Emission Temperature of the Earth. Greenhouse effect.
12	Mo 28 October	GR	Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity. Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity and Feedback.
13	Th 31 October	GR	Climate feedback factors. Main Climate Feedbacks.
14	Mo 4 November	GR	The climate system. Transient versus equilibrium response. Climate sensitivity measures (TCR, ECS and ESS) from models and experimental data.
15	Th 7 November	GR	Stable, unstable and multiple equilibrium states in a Climate System: Daisyworld.
16	Mo 11 November	GR	Evidences of the building of GHGs and of global warming. GHGs and GWP. Anthropogenic forcings. Climate Projections.
17	Th 14 November	GR	Atmospheric Chemistry: Gas-phase species, chemical reactions, and reaction rates. Temperature and pressure dependence of rate coefficients.
18	Fr 15 November	GR	Atmospheric Chemistry: Sets of reactions. Stiff systems. Chemical lifetimes and residence time. Photostationary-state approximation.
19	Mo 18 November	GR	Chemical families: general characteristics and calculation of partition ratios. Stratospheric Ozone: the Chapman cycle.
20	Th 21 November	GR	TBD (The Chapman cycle: Steady state solution and calculation of vertical profile. Catalytic Ozone loss cycles (HOx).)
21	Fr 22 November	GR	TBD (Catalytic Ozone loss cycles (NOx and ClOx). Vertical distribution and techniques for measuring Atmospheric Ozone.)
22	Th 28 November		TBD (Tropospheric Ozone: main chemical reactions and NOx/HOx cycles.)
23	Fr 29 November		TBD (The Antarctic Ozone Hole: evolution and experimental evidences. Heterogeneous chemistry on PSC's surfaces. Dynamical causes and prediction for the future.)
24			TBD (The Geochemical cycles.)
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36	TBD		Launch of a balloon with PTU sensors and ECC ozonesonde.