Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

MET 504 — Meso-Scale Weather Systems

MET department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Review of atmospheric scales of motion. Scaling analysis – equations of motion applicable to meso-scale motions. Tropical meso-scale systems: vortices, shearlines. Thunderstorms/squall lines, cloud clusters, Hurricanes, typhoons. Cold and warm fronts. Baroclinic instability. Theory of frontal development.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study MET 504.

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