abstract:Atmospheric thermodynamics is the study of heat to work transformations (and the reverse) in the earth’s atmospheric system in relation to weather or climate. Following the fundamental laws of classical thermodynamics, atmospheric thermodynamics studies such phenomena as properties of moist air, formation of clouds, atmospheric convection, boundary layer meteorology, and vertical stabilities in the atmosphere.
A committedclassroomteacher, Professor Fovell teachescourses on topicsincludingatmosphericdynamics, thermodynamics, weatherpredictionandforecasting, and clouddynamics.