| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Meteorology | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduate studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Applied meteorology | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | Miroslava Unkašević | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Dragana Vujović | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (additional) | ||||||||||
| ECTS | 7 | Status (required/elective) | ||||||||
| Access requirements | Meteorology 1, Meteorological information, Statistics in the meteorology | |||||||||
| Aims of the course | To introduce students to the application of meteorology in agriculture, forestry, medicine and engineering. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Adoption of basic knowledge in the theory of extremes and application of meteorology in engineering. Understanding of meteorological phenomena and lawfulness in the application of meteorology in agriculture, forestry and medicine. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | 1. Theory of the extremes. 2. Gumbel's distribution. 3. Jenkinson's distribution. 4. Threshold theory. 5. Determination of the likelihood of occurrence of extreme values. 6. Load of objects from the wind. 7. Load of objects from the snow. 8. Load of objects from the ice. 9. Probable maximum precipitation. 10. Climate and the energy. 11. Weather and climate impact on the agriculture. 12. Climate and plant cover. 13. Impact of weather and climate on the human. 14. Climate of the city. 15. Air pollution. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | Climate and water resources - drawing of histograms and swaths of the outflow line, Evaluation of probable maximum precipitation. Urban climate - Determination of correlations between climatic elements, Distribution of climatic elements, Theory of thresholds. Influence of time and climate on humans - Indicators of comfort | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | Đorđević N, 1986: Application of meteorology in engineering, PMF, Beograd, 170 pp (in Serbian). | |||||||||
| 2 | Unkašević M, 2004: Applied meteorology, Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Beograd, 222 pp (in Serbian). | |||||||||
| 3 | Unkašević M, Vujović D, Tošić I, 2001: Solved problems in climatology and applied meteorology, Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Beograd, 238 pp (in Serbian). | |||||||||
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| 5 | ||||||||||
| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures (Theoretical working of thematic units, practical examples, homework assignments), computational exercises (homework assignments). | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 5 | written examination | 20 | |||||||
| practicals | 10 | oral examination | 50 | |||||||
| papers | ||||||||||
| presentations | 15 | |||||||||