Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Overview of mesoscale phenomena relevant to India including tornadoes, thunderstorms, cloud bursts, fog, extreme rain events, lightning, etc; Circulation systems related to orography, mountain drag, mountain waves, valley winds, valley air pollution; Adiabatic mesoscale perturbations in a straight atmospheric flow; Theory of linear gravity waves, orographic gravity-wave drag; Parameterization of mesoscale phenomena in general circulation models; Mesoscale models and their application in India.