| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Meteorology | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Bachelor with honors studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Weather Forecasting | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | Prof. Dr. Lazar Lazić | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Associate Prof. Dr. Vladimir Djurdjević | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (additional) | ||||||||||
| ECTS | 8 | Status (required/elective) | Required | |||||||
| Access requirements | Dynamic Meteorology 1; Weather Analysis | |||||||||
| Aims of the course | To understand very complex numerical models of weather forecasting, as a highly specialized field due to: development of new modeling techniques, new parameterization schemes, availability of faster computing resources. Operational forecast centers utilize complex prediction models that require state of the art computer resources for their solutions. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Finalizing this course student understand how works numerical model of the atmosphere. After the understanding process of the modeling student runs numerical models of the atmosphere using read data to calculate weather forecast. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | 1. Introduction. History of weather forecasting. 2. Predictability of the atmosphere. 3. Models and the forecast process. 4. Basic equations. 5. Model types. Global and limited area model. 6. Horizontal resolution. Vertical coordinates. Vertical resolution. 7. Domain and boundary conditions. 8. Spectral models. 9. ECMWF global model. 10. Eta regional model. 11. Interpretation of weather forecast. 12. Weather forecast verification. 13. Long range weather forecasting. 14. Weather forecast for special users. 15. Economic benefit from weather forecast. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | Student runs models of weather forecast trough practical works, home works and seminars. | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | Lazar Lazić, 2010: Weather forecasting. Hidrometeorological Service, Belgrade. 220 pp. (In Serbian) | |||||||||
| 2 | Lazar Lazić, 2010: Data Assimilation. Hidrometeorological Service, Belgrade. 146 pp. (In Serbian) | |||||||||
| 3 | Frederic Nebeker, 1995: Calculating the Weather. International Geophysics Series. Academic press, 255 pp. | |||||||||
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| 5 | ||||||||||
| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures, practicals exercises, home works, tests, seminars. | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 5 | written examination | 15 | |||||||
| practicals | 10 | oral examination | 50 | |||||||
| papers | 10 | |||||||||
| presentations | 10 | |||||||||