| Individual
course details |
| Study
programme |
Meteorology |
| Chosen research
area (module) |
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| Nature and level of studies |
Undergraduate studies |
| Name of the course |
Micrometeorology |
| Professor
(lectures) |
Associate professor
Vladimir Djurdjevic |
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) |
Assistant professor Suzana Putnikovic |
| Professor/associate (additional) |
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| ECTS |
7 |
Status
(required/elective) |
required |
| Access requirements |
Mathematics 1B; Mathematics 2B;
General meteorology 1, General meteorology 2; Mechanics |
| Aims of the course |
To understand the processes in the atmospheric planetary boundary layer
(PBL). |
| Learning outcomes |
Understanding of the: Specific fluid flows in
the boundary layer; Mathematical representation of turbulent flows; Empirical
turbulence theory; Statistical turbulence theory. |
| Contents of the course |
| Lectures |
1. The planetary boundary layer. 2. Turbulent
flow in homogeneous fluids. 3. The definition of mean flow and fluctuation.
4. Reynold's analysis of the turbulent flow and introduction of the turbulent
fluxes of motion and heat. 5. Equations of energy conservation in turbulent
flows. 6. Empirical theory of fluid flow over homogeneous surface. 7. Neutral
fluid stratification case. 8. Stratified fluid case. 9. Richardson number.
10. Coefficient and correlation tensor. 11. Spectral analysis. 12. Spectrum
of turbulent kinetic energy. 13. Similarity theory. 14. Turbulent diffusion -
Taylor's theorem. 15. Turbulent diffusion - Richardson's theory. |
| Examples/ practical classes |
Practical programming of the Monin-Obukhov
theory. |
| Recommended books |
| 1 |
Micrometeorology,
B. Rajkovic and F. Mesinger; Institute of meteorology, Faculty of Physics |
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| Number of classes
(weekly) |
| Lectures |
Examples&practicals |
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Student
project |
Additional |
| 3 |
3 |
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| Teaching and learning methods |
Lectures, programing, preparation of the sudent
paper and presentation. |
| Assessment (maximal
100) |
| Assesed coursework |
mark |
examination |
mark |
| coursework |
5 |
written examination |
|
| practicals |
5 |
oral examination |
40 |
| papers |
20 |
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| presentations |
30 |
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