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Thermodynamics

The most mathematical section covered, atmospheric thermodynamics is the study of heat to work transformations (and the reverse process) in the earths atmopsheric system. It plays an important role in out understanding of the quantifiable atmospheric phenomena which can range from the large scale general circulation of the atmosphere right down to the smallest microphysical cloud processes.  

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* All information on this site has come from lecture notes and the associated course text books: 'Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, 2nd edition, J. M. Hobbs and P. V. Wallace' and 'Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate and the Environment, 10th edition (International), C. D. Ahrens.' Some sections may have been rephrased and altered slightly but all content came from the above mentioned sources unless otherwise stated. 

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