COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The aim of the course Selected Chapters in Meteorology is to introduce students to current knowledge in the field of meteorology and climatology, to acquire knowledge and skills to analyze and compare atmospheric processes of different temporal and spatial scales. As part of this course, students gain practical experience in handling meteorological and climatological data, their statistical processing and basic experience in handling computer packages that enable their presentation and processing. The aim is also to provide a large number of hours of practical work in the computer classroom so that students can develop independence in learning, data processing and interpretation of the results obtained by solving specific problems.
CURRICULUM:
Lectures:
1. The Earth's climate system, the main characteristics of the components of the climate system and their interaction.
2. Statistical characteristics of the general circulation in the atmosphere.
3. Transient and stationary disturbances in the atmosphere.
4. Variability of the Earth's climate, mechanisms of climate forcing, climate response, mutual feedback processes.
5. Areas of remote sensing in the atmosphere, identification and methods of investigation.
6. Analysis of event groups, ensembles of climate simulations.
7. Climate signal and noise, potential predictability.
8. El Nino - Southern Oscillation (physical mechanism, remote sensing, El Nino Modoki).
9. Waves in the equatorial region, beta plane approximation.
10. Reciprocal feedback processes in the tropical region.
11. Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
12. North Atlantic Oscillation.
13. Climate change (natural and anthropogenic influences on climate), global warming.
14. Modeling climate change, hierarchy of climate models.
15. Climate scenarios and climate projections.
Exercises:
1. Overview of basic statistical methods and application to meteorological and climatological data.
2. Introduction to the basic commands of the GrADS computer package for analysis and display (Grid Analysis and Display System).
3. Basics of programming with GrADS.
4. Display and statistical processing of climatological fields.
5. General circulation in the atmosphere, waves in the atmosphere, stationary waves.
6. Meridional, zonal and vertical distribution of meteorological variables.
7. Seasonal and interannual variability.
8. Climatic indices, calculation and presentation; analysis of event records.
9. Areas of teleconnections.
10. Correlation analysis and correlation maps.
LEARNING METHODS:
Listening to lectures, studying notes and literature; analyzing examples, deriving equations, solving problems.
TEACHING METHODS:
Lecture, discussion; interactive teaching; solving numerical problems and group discussion.
CONTROL AND ASSESSMENT METHODS:
Homework, project, demonstration, oral examination.
CONDITIONS FOR SIGNING:
Regular attendance in class and exercises (at least 70%). Completed project work.
TYPE OF EXAMINATION:
Oral examination.
The final grade is calculated from the results of the project work andthe oral examination
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