MET 361 — TROPICAL METEOROLOGY
BSc BSc Meteorology and Climate Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Introduction to Tropical Meteorology: Define tropical region, review of geostrophic winds, Tropical Deep Convection: thermodynamics and stability; role of wind shear; tropical cyclones: definition, location, formation, factors, geostrophic; interaction with the mid-latitude westerly wind, landfall, interactions between typhoons; ITCZ (ITB): position, season; winds: northeast trade wind, southwest trade wind, effects on weather; Global tropical dynamics: Shallow water model, Kelvin, Rossby and other basic wave modes, Matsuno-Gill model of response to heating; Models of the West African Monsoon, Models of African Easterly Waves: Mean observed structure, Role of barotropic and baroclinic instability, Links with land surface and diurnal cycle, Initiation over hills or in convection, Interaction with upper levels and genesis of hurricanes. YEAR THREE: Semester TWO
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 360 — CLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY II
- MATH 375 — NUMERICAL METHODS AND COMPUTATION II
- MET 353 — SATELLITE AND RADAR METEOROLOGY I
- MET 354 — SATELLITE AND RADAR METEOROLOGY II
- MET 355 — ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN DYNAMICS
- MET 356 — SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS AND NOWCASTING
- MET 357 — ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I
- MET 358 — ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II
- MET 359 — ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE FIELD WORK
- MET 360 — ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN CLIMATE PROCESSES
- MET 362 — ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- PHY 359 — MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS V
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