Individual course details
Study programme General Physics, Theoretical and Experimental Physics,  Computer and  Applied Physics
Chosen research area (module)  
Nature and level of studies Undergraduate Studies
Name of the course Basics of Meteorology
Professor (lectures) Prof. Dr. Lazar Lazić
Professor/associate (examples/practical)  
Professor/associate (additional)  
ECTS 3 Status (required/elective) Elective
Access requirements None
Aims of the course The aim is for students of physics of all study programme to get acquainted with the physical laws that apply in the atmosphere and how the occurrences and changes in the atmosphere take place according to these laws.
Learning outcomes By taking this course students acquire knowledge from the basis of meteorology. The outcome of the course is that a student can understand the processes and phenomena in the atmosphere that they encounter every day. The outcome is that the acquired knowledge can be further transferred to high school if the professor opts for work at school. Students in the direction of theoretical and experimental physics knowledge gained through listening to this subject can use in research related to the atmosphere and processes in it. Knowledge from meteorology will be useful for studying ecological subjects,  if a student at applied physics first of all.
Contents of the course
Lectures 1) Basic concepts about the atmosphere. Observation of the atmosphere. Satellite observations. 2) Radiation of the Sun, Earth and atmosphere. Basic radiation laws. The greenhouse effect. 3) Heat the surface of the Earth and the atmosphere. The first principle of thermodynamics. 4) Air temperature. Global warming. Climate changes. 5) Water in the Earth - atmosphere system. Air humidity. 6) Fog, clouds, precipitation. 7) Air pressure: definition, equations of state, continuity, statics. 8) Air flow: forces acting on air flow. Equations of motion. 9) Jet streams, regional and local winds. 10) Atmospheric disturbances, air masses, fronts. 11) Cyclones. 12) Anticyclones. 13) Atmospheric storms, tornadoes. 14) Electric discharges in the atmosphere. 15) Numerical modeling of the atmosphere.
Examples/ practical classes No practical classes
Recommended books
1 Mirjana Ruml, 2016: Meteorology.  Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade. PP. 202.  (In Serbian)
2 Lazar Lazić, 2012: Weather Analysis. Hidrometeorological Service, Belgrade. 260 pp. (In Serbian)
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Number of classes (weekly)
Lectures Examples&practicals   Student project Additional
         
Teaching and learning methods Lectures, home works, tests, seminars.
Assessment (maximal 100)
assesed coursework mark examination mark
coursework 10 written examination  
practicals oral examination 50
papers 20    
presentations 20