Course code: 052S2 |
Course name: Meteorology |
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Academic year: |
2024/2025. |
Attendance requirements: |
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ECTS: |
2 |
Study level: |
basic academic studies |
Study program: |
Environmental Chemistry: 2. year, winter semester, compulsory course |
Teacher: |
Ivana A. Tošić, Ph.D. |
Assistants: |
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Hours of instruction: |
Weekly: two hours of lectures (2+0+0) |
Goals: |
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the laws of the atmosphere and how the phenomena and changes in the atmosphere occur according to these laws. |
Outcome: |
Upon successfully completing this course, students have acquired knowledge of the selected parts of meteorology and they are able to apply the knowledge in environmental chemistry. |
Teaching methods: |
Lectures and term papers. |
Extracurricular activities: |
Students do homework assignments, go over their notes, study and find relevant information relevant to their term papers and the course material (books, the Internet, etc.). |
Coursebooks: |
Main coursebooks:
Supplementary coursebooks:
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Additional material: |
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Course activities and grading method |
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Lectures: |
10 points (2 hours a week) Syllabus: 1. The basic concepts of the atmosphere. Global warming. 2. The radiation emitted by the Sun, the Earth and the atmosphere: The basic laws of radiation. 3. The heating of the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere. The air temperature. 4. Water in the Earth-atmosphere system: Air humidity. 5. Water in the Earth-atmosphere system: Fog, clouds, precipitation. 6. Air pressure: Definition, the equation of state and statics. 7. Airflow: Forces which influence the movement of air. 8. Airflow: Jet streams, regional and local winds. 9. Atmospheric disturbances: Air masses, fronts. 10. Atmospheric disturbances: Cyclones. 11. Atmospheric disturbances: Anticyclones. 12. Atmospheric disturbances: Disasters, tornados. 13 and 14. The presentation of term papers. 15. The final progress test. |
Semester papers: |
20 points |
Colloquia: |
20 points |
Oral exam: |
50 points |