| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Meteorology | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduate studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Dynamic meteorology 1 | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | ||||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Dragana Vujović | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (additional) | Dragana Vujović | |||||||||
| ECTS | 8 | Status (required/elective) | ||||||||
| Access requirements | ||||||||||
| Aims of the course | The acquisition of the basic dynamic-thermodynamic processes in the atmosphere. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Adopting basic knowledge of basic laws of dynamic and thermodynamic of the atmosphere. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | 1. The basic characteristics of the atmosphere; Equation of state for the air. 2. Air continuity in the atmosphere; Kinematic and dynamic boundary condition. 3. Fundamental forces. 4. Non-inertial, apparent forces. 5. The vectorial form of the momentum equation in rotating coordinate system; Scale analysis of the momentum equation. 6. The equation of motion in different coordinate systems. 7. Motion in planetary boundary layer of the atmosphere; Secondary circulation. 8. Geostrophic, gradient and thermal wind. 9. Stationary circular vortex. 10. Quasi-geostrophic momentum equation. 11. Equation of thermodynamic for the air parcel with the constant mass. 12. Diabatic processes. 13. Change of the air temperature due to: conductivity, dry and wet adiabatic processes. 14. Change of the air temperature due to polytrophic processes. 15. Warming of the atmosphere due to heat of condensation. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | The problems will be resolved in succession, after each of the units processed in the lectures. | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | Dynamic meteorology, 2002 (in Serbian), Mlađen Ćurić, Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Beograd | |||||||||
| 2 | Dynamic meteorology through the problems, 2002 (in Serbian), M. Ćurić and D. Janc, Faculty of Physics, Beograd | |||||||||
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| 5 | ||||||||||
| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures, computational exercises, practical exercises on computer, seminars and colloquiums. | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 10 | written examination | 20 | |||||||
| practicals | oral examination | 50 | ||||||||
| papers | 10 | |||||||||
| presentations | 10 | |||||||||