NPTEL : NOC:Introduction to Atmospheric and Space Sciences (Physics)

Co-ordinators : Prof. M V Sunil Krishna


Lecture 1 - An Introduction to the Earth's Atmosphere and Source of Energy - The Sun

Lecture 2 - Primary Source of Energy on the Earth - The Sun

Lecture 3 - Evolution of the Earth's Atmosphere

Lecture 4 - Earth's Second Atmosphere and Rise of Oxygen

Lecture 5 - Atmosphere of Other Planets in Solar System

Lecture 6 - Structure of Earth's Atmosphere

Lecture 7 - Vertical Structure of Atmosphere

Lecture 8 - Characterization of Atmosphere Based on Electrical Properties

Lecture 9 - Coupling of Solar Radiation with the Earth's Atmosphere

Lecture 10 - Forces and Their Classifications

Lecture 11 - Forces - Gravitational Force

Lecture 12 - Forces - Viscous Force

Lecture 13 - Forces - Coriolis Force

Lecture 14 - Coriolis Force and Curvature Effect

Lecture 15 - Hydrostatic Equation

Lecture 16 - Hypsometric Equation

Lecture 17 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Lecture 18 - Thermodynamics - Dry Air

Lecture 19 - Thermodynamics - Moist Air

Lecture 20 - Geopotential and Scale Height

Lecture 21 - Specific Heats

Lecture 22 - Air Parcel and Potential Temperature

Lecture 23 - Moisture Parameters

Lecture 24 - Saturation Mixing Ratio and Relative Humidity

Lecture 25 - Pseudo-Adiabatic Processes

Lecture 26 - Convection of Air

Lecture 27 - Atmospheric Stability and Cloud Formation

Lecture 28 - Cloud Formation

Lecture 29 - Cloud Formation and Lifting

Lecture 30 - Cloud Morphology

Lecture 31 - Secondary Cloud Classification and Fog

Lecture 32 - Atmospheric Stability

Lecture 33 - Atmospheric Stability Conditions

Lecture 34 - Stable Unstable and Neutral Atmosphere

Lecture 35 - Cloud Seeding and Precipitation

Lecture 36 - Measuring Precipitation

Lecture 37 - Droplet Growth and Curvature Effect

Lecture 38 - Droplet Growth and Solute Effect

Lecture 39 - Radial Growth of Droplets by Diffusion

Lecture 40 - Radial Growth of Droplets by Diffusion (Continued...)

Lecture 41 - Ionospheric Layers and Photochemistry

Lecture 42 - Ionization Processes

Lecture 43 - Ionospheric Chemical Reactions and Layers

Lecture 44 - Chapman's Theory of Layer Production

Lecture 45 - Chapman's Theory of Layer Production (Continued...)

Lecture 46 - Chapman's Alpha Layer

Lecture 47 - Hydrogen in Ionosphere

Lecture 48 - Debye's Shielding

Lecture 49 - Debye's Shielding and Debye's Potential

Lecture 50 - Debye's Potential (Continued...)

Lecture 51 - Particle Motion in Uniform Electric Field

Lecture 52 - Particle Motion in Uniform Magnetic Field

Lecture 53 - Particle Motion in Uniform Magnetic Field and Guiding Center

Lecture 54 - Particle Motion in Uniform Electric and Magnetic Fields

Lecture 55 - Gradient Magnetic Field

Lecture 56 - Gradient Drift and Curvature Drift

Lecture 57 - Vacuum Drift and Planetary Ring Current

Lecture 58 - Magnetic Mirroring

Lecture 59 - Magnetic Mirroring and Loss Cone

Lecture 60 - Airglow and Aurora