CLIMATOLOGY

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
CLIMATOLOGY
Course code
CM0440 (AF:306522 AR:166065)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6 out of 12 of OCEANOGRAPHY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Degree level
Master's Degree Programme (DM270)
Educational sector code
GEO/12
Period
1st Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
The lecture is an introduction to meteorology climatology. Particular attention will be devoted at elucidating issues related to climate change. Knowledge and comprehension of meteorology and climatology, aimed at a deep understanding of the climate system, its past evolution, and its possible alterations, belong to the fundamental objectives of the "global environmental change" curriculum
1. Knowledge and comprehension
Knowledge and comprehension concerning atmospheric and oceanic phenomena as well as their temporal and spatial evolution
2. Capability of applying knowledge and comprehension
Capability to recognize atmospheric and oceanic phenomena from the analysis of observed/simulated data
3. Assessment capability
Capability of conjecturing possible evolutions of atmospheric and oceanic phenomena and their variability
Basic mathematics and physics
Introduction;

II: Our Planet in the solar system;

III: Composition and physical characteristics atmosphere and ocean;

IV: Atmospheric and oceanic convection;

V: Radiation, temperature, salinity, stability;

VI: Humidity and clouds;

VII: Laws of motion;

VIII: Local circulation systems in atmosphere and ocean;

XI: General atmospheric and oceanic circulation;

X: Ocean-atmosphere interactions;

XI: Climate system;

XII: Climate stability and climate change.
Lecture notes and slides, C. Donald Ahrens: Meteorology Today, Brookks/Cole, 1999, 528 pages
Goal of the oral exam is to ascertain the comprehension of the different topic of the class, particularly as far as the elaboration of the acquired information is concerned.
Frontal Lectures, possibly talk and experimental activity.
English
The oral exam is aimed at a candidate's valuation in the whole discipline of the lecture. After a first invitation to discuss a topic chosen by the candidate -this serves to test the acquired knowledge on a particularly familiar topic- the exam continues focussing on several of the remaining topics
oral
Definitive programme.
Last update of the programme: 25/03/2019