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Atmospheric vertical structure and the First Law of Thermodynamics

Atmospheric vertical structure and the First Law of Thermodynamics

This set of homework problems is intended to help students begin to discover the importance and utility of conservation principles derived from the First Law of Thermodynamics and provide a first step in evolving from the p-V diagrams the students have seen in their physics coursework toward the thermodynamic diagrams used in meteorology.

Keywords:
Thermodynamics, Quantitative Skills in Geoscience, Atmosphere, Geoscience, NSDL, Atmospheric Thermodynamics
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Material Type:
Assessment Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
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College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
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Language:
English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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