AOSS321,Winter2009EarthSystemsDynamicsLecture132.pptVIP

AOSS 321, Winter 2009 Earth Systems DynamicsLecture 132/19/2009 Christiane Jablonowski Eric Hetland cjablono@umich.edu ehetland@umich.edu 734-763-6238 734-615-3177 Today’s class Equations of motion in pressure coordinates Pressure tendency equation Evolution of an idealized low pressure system Vertical velocity Generalized vertical coordinate Vertical coordinate transformations What do we do with the material derivative when using p in the vertical? Our approximated horizontal momentum equations (in p coordinates) Thermodynamic equation(in p coordinates) Thermodynam