Related areas of study

If you are interested in any of the following areas of Meteorology, a fundamental understanding of the boundary layer is a must:

• Air Pollution Meteorology
  • atmospheric transport and diffusion of pollutants
  • deposition on land and water surfaces
  • prediction of local, urban, and regional air quality
  • industrial operations - smoke stack dispersion
• Mesoscale Meteorology
  • Urban boundary layers and the heat island effect
  • land/sea breezes
  • drainage and valley flows
  • dust devils, water spouts and tornadoes
  • development of fronts and cyclones
• Agricultural and forest Meteorology
  • prediction of surface temperatures and frost conditions
  • soil temperature and moisture
  • evapotranspiration and water budgets
  • energy balance of a plant canopy
  • wind erosion
• Urban Planning and Management
  • Prediction and abatement of ground fogs
  • heating and cooling requirements
  • flow dispersion around buildings
  • prediction of road surface temperatures and icing