NPTEL - Advanced Atmospheric Physics
offered by IIT Roorkee

Public/Government Institute
Estd. 1847

Advanced Atmospheric Physics
at
IIT Roorkee
Overview

Gain a comprehensive overview of the Atmospheric Physics principles and concepts

Duration	12 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Advanced Atmospheric Physics
at
IIT Roorkee
Highlights

Earn a E- certificate of completion from IIT Roorkee

Advanced Atmospheric Physics
at
IIT Roorkee
Course details

Who should do this course?

For B.Tech (4th year), MSc (2nd year), MTech (1st year), Pre-PhD

More about this course

This course attempts to impart knowledge on advanced aspects of atmospheric and space physics
Starting with the basics of inertial and non-inertial forces and various dynamical phenomenon it leads to understanding various important aspects such as atmospheric waves and instabilities
The second half of the course is devoted to the understanding of various phenomenon related to ionosphere, the coupling between solar energy and magnetosphere, single particle motion in a variety of electric and magnetic fields, formation of earth?s radiation belts etc
This course can be an extension to the earlier NPTEL course: Introduction to atmospheric and space sciences

Advanced Atmospheric Physics
at
IIT Roorkee
Curriculum

Week 1

Atmospheric dynamics

Apparent forces

Effective gravity

Coriolis force

Pressure gradient force

Gradient wind

Week 2

Thermal wind

Continuity equation

Perturbation theory and atmospheric waves

Week 3

Sound waves

Gravity waves and Rossby waves

Momentum and energy transports by waves in the horizontal and the vertical

Week 4

Atmospheric instabilities

Dynamical instabilities

Barotropic instability

Week 5

Baroclinic inertial instability

Necessary condition of barotropic and baroclinic instability

Week 6

Combined barotropic and baroclinic instability. Kelvin-Helmholtz instability

Week 7

Ionosphere: Formation of Ionosphere, Chemical processes, Ionospheric conductivity

Week 8

Planetary ionospheres

Ionospheric exploration using rockets and satellites

Week 9

Langmuir probe

Temperature measurements

Airglow and aurora

Radio wave propagation in the ionosphere

Week 10

Magnetosphere: Earth as a magnet, solar wind, types and theory of solar wind

Week 11

Frozen-in magnetic field

Interaction of solar wind with Earth?s magnetic field and formation of magnetosphere

Single particle motion in in homogeneous electric and magnetic fields

Week 12

Inter planetary magnetic field (IMF)

Geomagnetic storms

Van-allen radiation belts

Plasmasphere

Coronal holes

CMEs

Satellite observations of various plasma domains and plasma instabilities

Advanced Atmospheric Physics
at
IIT Roorkee
Faculty details

Prof. MV Sunil Krishna

He completed his M.Sc. (Physics) from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati & M.Phil (Theoretical High Energy Physics) from University of Hyderabad & Ph.D (Atmospheric and Space Physics), IIT Roorkee Assistant Professor in Physics at IIT Roorkee since 2011.