1. Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Ramiro Neves, Tânia Sousa, João Ferreira da Silva

2. Teaching corp Ramiro Neves: Tânia de Sousa: João Ferreira da Silva
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Office: Building of Mecânica, floor 2, number 2.35
Tânia de Sousa:
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Office: Building of Mecânica, floor 2, number 2.37
João Ferreira da Silva
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3. Meteorology Climate Change Extreme Events Weather Forecast
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Climate Change

4. Objectives
Concepts governing the dynamics of the atmosphere and of its main components and their implications on the environment and Climate
Atmospheric circulation,
Heat and Water Transport (non-passive compounds)
Chemical Compounds (Reactive, but passive). .

5. Chemistry of the Atmosphere

6. Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere

7. Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere

8. Atmospheric circulation

9. Course Program Chemistry of the atmosphere (5 weeks):
Composition and structure of the atmosphere.
Reactions in the troposphere and stratosphere. Greenhouse effect. Aerosols.
Residence times and atmospheric cycles of the various elements (Carbon compounds, halogens, Sulphur compounds, nitrogen compounds, tropospheric and stratospheric ozone).
Physics of atmosphere: Thermodynamics / Circulation:
Thermodynamics (3 weeks) :
Solar and Terrestrial Radiation. Terrestrial Infrared radiation and the greenhouse effect.
Heat Budget of the Earth. Atmospheric energy and horizontal heat transport.
The global hydrological cycle: humidity evaporation and condensation.
Adiabatic Temperature Changes. Air stability and instability and Daily temperature variations. Condensation Level and Cloud Formation. Precipitation. Pseudo-adiabatic and saturated adiabatic processes. Conditional instability. Thermodynamic diagrams: tephigram
Atmospheric circulation (5 weeks):
Pressure force, geostrophic wind and seasonal variability.
Microscale, Mesoscale and Global Scale winds
Air masses and fronts.

10. Knowledge Assessment/Classification
Continuous: 3 Tests, one after each chapter
One test can be repeated together with the first exam.
30th October, 16th November, 13th December
Final: Exam
Students can attend the tests and one exam date or 2 exams (18th January and 1st February)
Classification: average of the tests/classification of the exam.
The highest classification is taken if more than one

11. Supporting literature
Title
Authors
year
editor
Meteorology Today (9th Edition)
C. Donald Ahrens
2008
Cengage Learning
Atmosphere, weather and climate (9th edition)
Roger G. Barry and Richard J. Chorley
2010
Routledge, London & N. York
Lectures’ slides