| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Meteorology | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduated studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Weather modification | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | Dragana Vujović | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Suzana Knežević | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (additional) | ||||||||||
| ECTS | 6 | Status (required/elective) | ||||||||
| Access requirements | ||||||||||
| Aims of the course | The acquisition of the complex principles of weather modification. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Adopting basic knowledge necessary in practical modes of weather modification. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | 1. The main issues in weather modification. 2. Historical overview. 3. Atmospheric aerosols. Cloud condensation nucleus. Ice nucleus. 4. Artificial nucleus-reagent. Heterogeneous reagent; Silver-iodide. 5 Cooling reagent; Propane; Dry ice. 6. Compressed air; 7. Microphysical basis of weather modification. 8. Weather modification concepts. 9. Fog dispersal. 10. Modification of orographic and convective precipitation. 11. Inadvertent modification of precipitation; Urban modification of precipitation. 12. Hail suppression. 13. Modification of atmospheric electrical charging. 14. Weather modification due to condensation trails.15. Impact of condensation trails on the atmosphere heat balance. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | Exercises follow the lectures. Practical classes will be conducted at radar centers. Here the students will be introduced to practical procedures for each type of weather modification while working on modern equipment. | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | Mlađen Ćurić, 2001: Weater modification (in Serbian), Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Beograd | |||||||||
| 2 | Young K. C., 1993: Microphysical processes in clouds. Oxford University press, New York. | |||||||||
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| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures, consultations, computational exercises, seminars, oral exam. | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 5 | written examination | 20 | |||||||
| practicals | 5 | oral examination | 60 | |||||||
| papers | ||||||||||
| presentations | 10 | |||||||||