Meteorology (from ancient Greek “meteor” designating particles suspended in the atmosphere and “logos” meaning discourse or knowledge) is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmospheric phenomena such as clouds, lows and precipitation in order to understand how they form and evolve. This discipline is based primarily on fluid mechanics applied to the air but makes also use of various other branches of physics, chemistry and mathematics. Purely descriptive origin, meteorology has become a place of application of these disciplines.
Modern meteorology allows weather forecast based on mathematical models for short and long term. It also allows the prediction of air quality and intervenes in areas of human activity (natural hazards, construction, aviation, navigation, production of renewable energy ,...).
In this context, the atmospheric boundary layer at the interface between the surface and the free atmosphere, is a particularly important because it is the seat of transfer of energy, humidity, gaseous and particulate gaseous compounds, which drive the distribution of horizontal and vertical fields of water vapor, aerosols, clouds and pollutants.
Course language: English
ECTS credits: 4
- Teaching coordinator: Dubos Thomas
- Teaching coordinator: Fromang Sébastien