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Numerical modelling of weather and climate
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Abstract
The guiding principle of this lecture is that students can understand how weather and climate models are formulated from the governing physical principles and how they are used for climate and weather prediction purposes.
Objective
The guiding principle of this lecture is that students can understand how weather and climate models are formulated from the governing physical principles and how they are used for climate and weather prediction purposes.
Content
The course provides an introduction into the following themes: numerical methods (finite differences and spectral methods); adiabatic formulation of atmospheric models (vertical coordinates, hydrostatic approximation); parameterization of physical processes (e.g. clouds, convection, boundary layer, radiation); atmospheric data assimilation and weather prediction; predictability (chaos-theory, ensemble methods); climate models (coupled atmospheric, oceanic and biogeochemical models); climate prediction.
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Lecture Notes
Slides and lecture notes will be made available.
Literature
List of literature will be provided.
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- BSC , DS , MSC , DR
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- oral 30 minutes
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture with exercise |
Numerical modelling of weather and climate
lecture 13-15 and exercise 15-16
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3 h weekly |
Offered In
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Mathematics, Computational Science and Engineering (Mathematics, Physics Those who want to register for elective courses in the diploma degree programme im Mathematics, should select these from the range of courses of the Master programme in Mathematics. Those who want to register for core subject and elective courses in the diploma degree programme in Physics, should select these from the range of courses of the Master programme in Physics (Core Courses: Theoretical Physics, Core Courses: Experimental Physics, Electives: Physics and Mathematics). The same holds for seminars and semester projects and papers.)
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Environmental Physics (Ergänzendes Lehrangebot siehe Studiengänge Umweltnaturwissenschaften und Erdwissenschaften)
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Electives (The students are free to choose individually from the entire course offer of ETH Zürich and the universities of Zürich and Bern.)
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Application Area (only necessary for MSc in Applied Mathematics)
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Environmental Physics (Ergänzendes Lehrangebot siehe Studiengänge Umweltnaturwissenschaften und Erdwissenschaften)
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