CIVE 5369 — Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional
Covers the fundamentals of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence; its dependence on surface properties; and its relevance for environmental engineering, hydrology, and climate change. Introduces the concepts of Reynolds decomposition into mean flow and turbulence statistics. Delves into similarity theories and surface exchange schemes, turbulence closure models, thermal stratification effects, and spectral properties of turbulence. Focuses on the distinct behavior of airflow in the ABL as a function of height above the surface and measurement methods and numerical simulations, including the eddy covariance technique and large eddy simulation.
Prerequisites
- one of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 17% | 25.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 100% · F 0%
Common patterns: MWR (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Khaled Ghannam (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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