Course Details

Meteorology and climatology

Academic Year 2023/24

GE56 course is part of 1 study plan

B-P-C-GK / GI Summer Semester 3rd year

Atmosphere, its charectiristics. Weather, climate and climate factors. Observation and measurement of basic effects. Time series in climatology, reduction of series,interpolation missing data. Processing of data. Weather forecast, synoptic map analysis, satellite meteorological systems. Mezoclimate, topoclimate and kryptoclimate. Influence of atmosphere on constructions. Climate maps and atlases.

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Elementary knowledge of geography and physics.

Aims

Improvement knowledge of meteorological and climatological effects, which can influence measuremets.
Students will manage theoretical basics of weather and climate studies. They will achieve an overview about influence of atmospheric phenomenon and actions on human society activities and about historical and future changes of atmospheric features, contingent on natural and anthropogenic factors.

Basic Literature

SOBÍŠEK,Bořivoj a kol.: Meteorologický slovník výkladový a terminologický. Praha: Academia a MŽP, 1993. ISBN 80-85368-45-5. (cs)
VYSOUDIL,Miroslav: Meteorologie a klimatologie. Olomouc, UP, 2004. (cs)
KOPÁČEK,Jaroslav a BEDNÁŘ,Jan: Jak vzniká počasí. Praha: Karolinum, UK, 2005. ISBN 80-246-1002-7. (cs)
DVOŘÁK,Petr: Počasí takřka populárně. Cheb: Svět křídel,, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86808-57-4. (cs)
NĚMEC,Jan a KOPP,Jan: Vodstvo a podnebí v České republice. Praha: Consult, 2009. ISBN: 978-80-903482-7-0. (cs)

Recommended Reading

BARRY, Roger G., CHORLEY, Richard John: Atmosphere, Weather, Climate. London, New York: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-16020-0. (en)
ROTH, Günter D.: Encyklopedie počasí. Praha: Euromedia Group - Knižní klub, 2000. ISBN 80-242-0228-X. (cs)
TOLASZ, Radim a kol.: Atlas podnebí Česka. Olomouc: UP, 2007. ISBN 978-80-244-1626-7. (cs)
KLAUS, Václav: Modrá, nikoli zelená planeta. Praha: Dokořán, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7363-152-9. (cs)

Syllabus

1. Atmosphere physics.
2. Description and measurement of effects.
3. Circulation of atmosphere.
4. Analisis of discrete climate quantities.
5. Analisis of continuou climate quantities.
6. Weather forecast processing methods.
7. Climate regionalization.
8. Influence of weather and climate on construction.
9. Global changes of climate.
10. Maps and atlases focussed on climatology.
11. Climate development in the past.
12. Weather and climate of the Czech republic.
13. Organization of meteorological services.

Prerequisites

Elementary knowledge of geography and physics.

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Atmosphere physics.
2. Description and measurement of effects.
3. Circulation of atmosphere.
4. Analisis of discrete climate quantities.
5. Analisis of continuou climate quantities.
6. Weather forecast processing methods.
7. Climate regionalization.
8. Influence of weather and climate on construction.
9. Global changes of climate.
10. Maps and atlases focussed on climatology.
11. Climate development in the past.
12. Weather and climate of the Czech republic.
13. Organization of meteorological services.