1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Exercises	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Optical and acoustic phenomena in the atmosphere. Physics of clouds and precipitation. Artificial weather modification. Radars and the radar equation. Cloud and precipitation formation modelling by numerical weather models.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
After completion of the course the students will be able to:
1. Explain conditions and modes of genesis of optical and acoustic phenomena in the atmosphere;
2. Define processes of cloud and precipitation formation;
3. Explain the ways of artificial weather modification;
4. Describe radar and the radar equation and
5. Explain the principles of cloud and precipitation genesis in the numerical weather models.

1. Rogers R.R. and Yau, M.K.: A Short Course in Cloud Physics, Pergamon Press, 1989 (3rd ed.)
2. Mason, B.J.: The Physics of Clouds. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1971.

Izborni predmeti - Regular study - Meteorology and Physical Oceanography