University of Colorado-Boulder

Fall 2002

Final Exam and expected solutions

Coordinator: Prof. Darin Toohey

Instructors: PAOS Faculty

Location: ECCR 1B55

Course Description:

Syllabus
Lecture Schedule

Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, by Curry and Webster (for errata - Word 98 or PDF).

Fundamentals of Atmospheric Physics, by Murry Salby, Academic Press, New York, 1996

Answers to homework problems. Download as a Word 98 File or a PDF File.

Midterm Answers

Web Links:

Composition, Structure and State

First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics of Water

Nucleation and Diffusional Growth

Moist Thermodynamic Processes in the Atmosphere

Static Stability of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Cloud Characteristics and Processes

Ocean Surface Exchanges of Heat and Freshwater

Sea Ice, Snow and Glaciers

Thermohaline Processes in the Ocean

Global Energy and Entropy Balances

Thermodynamic Feedbacks in the Climate System

The IPCC notes on water vapor and cloud feedbacks

 

 

Planetary Atmospheres