Course Description
This course describes the large-scale circulation systems of the tropical atmosphere and analyses the dynamics of such systems. Topics include: Radiative-convective equilibrium; the Hadley and walker circulation; monsoons; tropical boundary layers; theory of the response of the tropical atmosphere to localized …
This course describes the large-scale circulation systems of the tropical atmosphere and analyses the dynamics of such systems. Topics include: Radiative-convective equilibrium; the Hadley and walker circulation; monsoons; tropical boundary layers; theory of the response of the tropical atmosphere to localized sea-surface temperature anomalies; intraseasonal oscillations; equatorial waves; El Niño/Southern Oscillation; easterly waves; and tropical cyclones.
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![Buoyant ascent of warm, moist air.](/courses/12-811-tropical-meteorology-spring-2011/2d2cd7a1f3bc3a03a1a8da4549bc4e8c_12-811s11.jpg)
Moist convection. (Image courtesy of Prof. Kerry Emanuel.)