Course detail
Meteorology and climatology
FAST-BS51Acad. year: 2009/2010
Introduction, history of meteorology
Basic meteorological quantities (atmospheric pressure, radiation, temperature of soil, water and air, humidity, evaporation, cloudiness, precipitation, atmospheric flow,and their measurement
Measurement of selected meteorological qantities at our own Meteorological Station of Faculty of Civil Engineering BUT.
Processing and evaluation of measured data
Classification of climate
European climate, climate of ČR, climate of South Moravia
Climate change, global warming
Air pollution
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
basic knowledge of measurement and processing of selected meteorological data and basic knowledge of climatology.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course curriculum
2. Atmospheric pressure: units, normal pressure, attributes, measurement
3. Radiation: energy of radiation, Sun, radiation and absorbtion in atmosphere, Earth radiation, measurement
4. Temperature of the soil, water and the air: units, attributes, measurement
5. Humidity of the air: determination, units, distribution in the atmosphere
6. Evaporation and transpiration: definitions, evaporation from the soil, water and plants, measurenet and calculation, values
7. Condensation of water vapour: condensation nucleus,level, condensation on soil surface, in low layers of the atmosphere
8. Precipitations: origin and classification, intensity, measurement and evaluation
9. Cloudiness: clouds, water volume, classification
10. Atmospheric air flow: origin, classification, circulation, measurement and evaluation
11. Basic pressure formations, weather
12. Climate of the Earth, European clima, clima of ČR
13. Climate change, global warming
Work placements
Aims
Basic knowledge of measurement and processing of selected meteorological data
Basic knowledge of climatology, aimed at climate of CR and climate changees.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KRÁLOVÁ, H., ZVĚŘINA, Z.: Vodohospodářská meteorologie a klimatologie. CERM Brno, 2002. (CS)
Meteorologický slovník výkladový terminologický. Academia , MŽP Praha, 1998. (CS)
Recommended reading
Burroughs, W.J.: Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, 2001. (EN)
NETOPIL, R. a kol.: Fyzická geografie. SPN Praha, 1984. (CS)
Parker, S.P. (Editor): Meteorology Source Book. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988. (EN)
ROŽNOVSKÝ, J.: Klimatologie. MZLU Brno, 1999. (CS)
Schneider, S.H. (Editor): Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather. Oxford University Press, 1996. (EN)
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