Course Details

Meteorology and Climatology

Academic Year 2024/25

DS74 course is part of 1 study plan

D-K-C-SI (N) / VHS Summer Semester 1st year

Basic knowledge of meteorology
Sources of information
Measurement and evaluation of selected meteorological data
Detailed characterization of climate of CR
Climate change, global warming
Atmospheric pollution

Credits

8 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

Basic knowledge of natural sciences

Aims

Summary of basic knowledge of meteorology and climatology
Thorough knowledge of selected parts of meteorology and climatology
Meteorological instruments
New information on climate change
Orientation in meteorological data measurement, processing and interpretation.

Basic Literature

Allison, j. a kol.: Kodaňská diagnóza. Zpráva světu o nových poznatcích klimatologie. http://www.veronica.cz/klima/diagnoza (12.2.2011) 2011
Bednář J. a kol.: Meteorologický slovník výkladový terminologický. Academia Praha 1993

Recommended Reading

Schneider, S.h. et al.: Encyclopedia of climate and weather. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford 1996

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Introduction to meteorology, nomenclature, literature and other sources of information 2. - 3. Summary of basic knowledge of meteorology 4. - 5. Meteorological instruments, measurement of selected meteorological variables and their evaluation 6. New information on meteorology 7. Climatology - nomenclature, sources of information. Climate classification 8. Climate of CR - thorough characterization 9. - 10. Selected climate characteristics and their values in CR 11. Climate change, scenarios, impacts 12. Atmospheric pollution, pollutants and their minitoring 13. Processing of selected data from meteorological station of BUT