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Course Name	Turkish	Atmosferik Konveksiyon
	English	Atmospheric Convection
Course Code	MTO 602E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Zafer Aslan Zafer Aslan Zafer Aslan
Course Objectives		Atmospheric convection and related processes are essential for weather forecasting. This module aims to provide an accessible review of atmospheric convection from the text book to long after the class. It presents a source for graduate students. Develop an advance understanding of the structure and evolution of key paradigms of convection and atmospheric environment. Specific aims of the course are listed as below; 1- definition and prediction of atmospheric convection, 2- definition of convective boundary layer, 3- modelling of atmospheric convection.
Course Description		The principal techniques used in understanding and predicting convective motion. Basic rules of the convection. Theory, field experiment, and numerical modeling. Explores dry convection, including turbulent plumes and thermals from isolated buoyancy sources. Raleigh-Bernard convection and turbulent convection in the planetary boundary layer. Complete treatment of the thermodynamics of moist and cloudy air, including fundamental laws. Conserved quantities. Stability analysis. Explores the characteristics of individual convective clouds, thunderstorms, squall lines. Meso-scale convective systems and slantwise convection. Studies the ensemble effects of convective clouds, including stratocumulus. Convective boundary layer and the representation of convective clouds in numerical models, role of climate changing. Developing the mathematical models of meso and large scale problems in lower atmosphere.
Course Outcomes		see what a range of fields now use it in the atmospheric models that bring understanding about thermal and dynamic structures of the atmosphere around us. The learning outcomes of this lecture are to understand and have some practices on solving problems and modeling of atmospheric convections. Specific learning outputs are: I. understanding about general terms of atmospheric convection and thermalling, simulations, II. applications of atmospheric convection, understanding dynamical and thermal structure of atmospheric boundarY layer, III. modelling fo atmospheric convection and thermals, IV. comparision of results with different studies, V. ground measurements, radiosonda and remote sensing of atmospheric convection and applications, VI. meteorological forecasting for soaring and hang-gliding, VII. convection and effects of large scale events.
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Other		PC for simple model applications.
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