Sumários

Thermodynamics of dry air

2 novembro 2018, 10:30 • Tania Alexandra Dos Santos Costa e Sousa

Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate vs. Environmental Lapse Rate. Exercises. 

Thermodynamics of dry air

30 outubro 2018, 11:30 • Tania Alexandra Dos Santos Costa e Sousa

Processes that lift air: orographic lifting, frontal lifting, convergence and convective lifting.

Poisson Equation. Exercises

Energy and Entropy Balances to the Earth

26 outubro 2018, 11:30 • Tania Alexandra Dos Santos Costa e Sousa

Steady-state vs. transient state. Energy and entropy balances to the Earth (at the top of the atmosphere). Entropy production and processes on Earth. Energy balance to the atmosphere and to the surface of the Earth.

Mechanisms of energy transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. The pressure gradient in the atmosphere.

Factors that affect solar radiation

26 outubro 2018, 10:30 • Tania Alexandra Dos Santos Costa e Sousa

Factors that affect solar radiation: distance from the sun and tilt of the Earth. Tilt of the Earth and the duration of the day and the altitude of the sun at noon. Seasons. 

Terrestrial and solar radiation

23 outubro 2018, 11:30 • Tania Alexandra Dos Santos Costa e Sousa

Stefan-Boltzmann's Law. Wien's Law. Solar constant. Solar and terrestrial radiation.