Department of Physics

19415  Models of Atmospheric Circulation                 

Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS365    

Course Content

• Overview of numerical models.
• Advances in numerical modeling.
• Coordinate systems.
• Numerical solution of the primitive equations.
• Basic methods of numerical solutions.
• Equation transformation to coordinate systems.
• Process parameterization (solar/terrestrial radiation, surface energy budget, cloud microphysics).
• Regional/mesoscale modeling.
• Initial and boundary conditions.
• Global scale modeling.
• Climate modeling.
• Model evaluation.
• Computer applications: Atmospheric model parametarisation, postprocessing application, model application, errors, visualization of results.