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    This document provides details of three courses offered in Spring 2016 related to Earth and Climate Science: 1. Weather and Climate (ECS321) is a 4-credit course taught by Dr. Neena Joseph that introduces students to weather phenomena and year-to-year and long-term climate variations through observations and prepares them for theoretical and modeling courses. 2. Landscapes and Earth Surface Processes (ECS322) is another 4-credit course taught by Dr. Argha Banerjee that describes the shape of the Earth's surface at different scales and understands landform origins from physical and chemical processes. 3. Seismology: Theory and Application (ECS323) is a course

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    This document provides details of three courses offered in Spring 2016 related to Earth and Climate Science: 1. Weather and Climate (ECS321) is a 4-credit course taught by Dr. Neena Joseph that introduces students to weather phenomena and year-to-year and long-term climate variations through observations and prepares them for theoretical and modeling courses. 2. Landscapes and Earth Surface Processes (ECS322) is another 4-credit course taught by Dr. Argha Banerjee that describes the shape of the Earth's surface at different scales and understands landform origins from physical and chemical processes. 3. Seismology: Theory and Application (ECS323) is a course

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    SPRING 2016

    Details of courses Earth and Climate Science


    1

    Course Code

    ECS321

    Course Title

    Weather and Climate

    Credits

    Course Coordinator &


    participating faculty (if any)

    Dr. Neena Joseph

    Nature of Course

    Lectures & Tutorial

    Pre requisites

    None

    Objectives

    This course aims to introduce undergraduate students to the


    phenomenology of weather and climate from observations to prepare
    them for the theoretical and modeling courses. It will also prepare them
    to appreciate the challenging outstanding problems in the field.

    Course contents

    The observed three dimensional mean state of the atmosphere and the
    Ocean; Basic equations and some constraints that maintain the mean
    state, Angular momentum conservation, energy conservation and water
    mass conservation; Stationary waves in the atmosphere; Low frequency
    sub-seasonal variability in the extra-tropics; Low-frequency sub-seasonal
    variability in the tropics; Waves in the atmosphere and ocean, drivers of
    weather; Examples of weather phenomena, e.g. Tropical cyclones;
    Examples of year-to-year variation of climate, the QBO, the El Nino and
    Southern Oscillation, Indian Monsoon; Examples of Long term variations
    of climate, glacial-interglacial Milankovitch cycles; Climate feedbacks and
    prediction.

    Evaluation/Assesment

    End-Sem Examination- 35%


    Mid-Sem Exam-35%
    Quizzes and Assignments- 30%

    10

    1. Physics of climate (1992) by J. Peixoto and A. Oort ,AIP Press, 520


    pp.
    2. Atmosphere, Weather and Climate (2003) byR. G. Barry and R J
    Chourley, Routledge Press,472 pp.

    Suggested Readings

    Course Code

    ECS322

    Course Title

    Landscapes and earth surface processes

    Credits

    Course Coordinator &


    participating faculty (if any)

    Dr. Argha Banerjee

    Nature of Course

    Lectures & Tutorial

    Pre requisites

    None.
    Understanding on Partial differential equation will be advantageous for
    this course.

    Objectives

    Course contents

    Evaluation/Assesment

    To describe the shape of the earth surface at different scales:


    from small ripples to large ocean basins.
    To understand the origin of various landforms in terms of the
    physical and chemical processes like diffusion, fluid flow,
    weathering
    To use analytical and numerical tools for quantitative
    understanding of landforms and related processes
    The structure of earth; atmosphere and hydrosphere; tectonics and rock
    cycle; shape of earth at very large scales; role of tectonics; weathering;
    isostacy and uplift; hill-slope processes; diffusion; elements of fluid
    dynamics; landforms related to rivers, glaciers and wind
    End-Sem Examination- 35%
    Mid-Sem Exam-35%
    Quizzes and Assignments- 30%

    10

    1. Geomorphology:
    The
    mechanics
    and
    chemistry
    of
    landscapes(2010) by R. Anderson and S. Anderson, Cambridge
    University Press, 651 pp.
    2. Fundamentals of Geomorphology (2011) byR. J. Hugget,
    Routledge Press,536pp.
    3. Quantitative Modeling of Earth Surface processes (2008) by J D
    Pelletier, Cambridge University Press, 304 pp.

    Suggested Readings

    Course Code

    ECS323

    Course Title

    Seismology: Theory and Application

    Credits

    Course Coordinator & participating


    faculty (if any)

    Prof. Shyam S Rai

    Nature of Course

    Lectures & Tutorial

    Pre requisites

    None.
    Understanding on mathematical methods will be advantageous for this
    course.

    Objectives

    This course presents an overview of the basic observations and methods


    of seismology: Earthquake detection, geometry, characteristics and
    relation to tectonics, earthquake recording instruments and their
    characteristics, and different types of data (body waves, surface waves,
    and normal modes). One-dimensional and three-dimensional structures
    of the Earth as inferred from seismology using inverse theory, and
    implications for composition and dynamics.

    Course contents

    1.Wave Theory:
    Fundamentals of wave motion; seismic wave types. stress-strain
    relations; linearised equations of motion; elastic moduli.
    The wave equation: dilatational and rotational solutions; separation of
    variables; plane and spherical waves.
    Reflection and refraction of plane waves at a plane boundary;
    independence of SH and P and of SV waves; boundary conditions; P, SV
    and SH waves incident at the free surface of a homogeneous half-space
    and at general interfaces; energy conversions.
    Rayleigh waves for a homogeneous half-space; Love waves for a two-layer
    half-space. Superposition of plane waves, group velocity, dispersion. Free
    oscillations, toroidal and spheroidal modes.
    2. Earthquake Seismology:
    Introduction to Earthquake Seismology - an example from a recent event.
    Seismic Recording: Sensors, recorders, networks and arrays
    Earthquake Mechanics: Friction and fracture, dynamics, scaling.
    Introduction to Inverse theory and Signal Processing
    Earthquake Location
    Seismic tomography.
    The Earthquake Source: Focal mechanisms, moment tensors.
    Seismotectonics: Distribution of seismicity in space, regional stress and
    strain tensors, relationship to tectonics.
    Seismic Hazard: Time-independent and time-dependent.

    Evaluation/Assesment

    End-Sem Examination- 35%


    Mid-Sem Exam-35%
    Quizzes and Assignments- 30%

    10

    Suggested Readings

    1. Principles of Seismology(2000) by A. Udias, Cambridge University


    Press, 492 pp.
    2. An introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure
    (2009) byS. Stein,and M. Wysession, Wiley-Blackwell
    Publications,512pp.

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