INTRODUCTION; RADIATION PROCESSES IN THE TROPICS (THE INPUT AND ENERGY RECEIVED AT THE EARTH'S SURFACE).
CIRCULATION IN THE TROPICS, THE ITCZ, TRADE - WIND INVERSION, CUMULUS CONVECTION. TROPICAL DISTURBANCES, THEIR STRUCTURES AND THEORIES ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT REGIONS: THE TROPICAL CYCLONE, WARM LOW PRESSURE, SQUALLS, TORNADO, HADLEY CIRCULATION, THE EASTERLY WAVES. EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERIC FEATURES: EQUATORIAL WAVES, KELVIN WAVES, MIXED ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVES. ANALYSIS OF SYNOPTIC CHARTS IN THE TROPICS (STREAMLINES, ISOTACH AND SATELLITE IMAGES). TROPICAL SCALAR ANALYSIS (CONTINUITY EQUATION). THEORY: BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY, BAROTROPIC-BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY, INSTABILITY OF THE FIRST, SECOND KINDS, CISK, PARCEL AND SLICE METHODS. THE FLOW FEATURES, STRUCTURE OF THE MONSOON WAVES.INTERACTION AND VARIABILITY OF THE MONSOON AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HIGHER LATITUDES (NORTH AND SOUTH). DISTURBANCES OVER PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. SHORT AND LONG RANGE FORECASTING (STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL 105 RANSFOR)
CIRCULATION IN THE TROPICS, THE ITCZ, TRADE - WIND INVERSION, CUMULUS CONVECTION. TROPICAL DISTURBANCES, THEIR STRUCTURES AND THEORIES ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT REGIONS: THE TROPICAL CYCLONE, WARM LOW PRESSURE, SQUALLS, TORNADO, HADLEY CIRCULATION, THE EASTERLY WAVES. EQUATORIAL ATMOSPHERIC FEATURES: EQUATORIAL WAVES, KELVIN WAVES, MIXED ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVES. ANALYSIS OF SYNOPTIC CHARTS IN THE TROPICS (STREAMLINES, ISOTACH AND SATELLITE IMAGES). TROPICAL SCALAR ANALYSIS (CONTINUITY EQUATION). THEORY: BAROTROPIC INSTABILITY, BAROTROPIC-BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY, INSTABILITY OF THE FIRST, SECOND KINDS, CISK, PARCEL AND SLICE METHODS. THE FLOW FEATURES, STRUCTURE OF THE MONSOON WAVES.INTERACTION AND VARIABILITY OF THE MONSOON AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HIGHER LATITUDES (NORTH AND SOUTH). DISTURBANCES OVER PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. SHORT AND LONG RANGE FORECASTING (STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL 105 RANSFOR)
- Lecturer: PROFESOR MADYA DR. LIM HWEE SAN
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