Entry requirements

120 credits including 35 credits in mathematics and 35 credits in physics. Participation in the course Atmospheric and Climate Physics 15 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe the dynamics of frontal systems
• use mathematical models describing the atmospheric circulation and its evolution
• make a simple weather forecast by using the circulation pattern in the mid troposphere
• account for processes influencing the development of high and low pressure systems
• account for the effect that the earth's surface has on the atmospheric circulation
• interpret and analyse synoptic weather charts
• apply dynamic meteorology on synoptic weather

Content

The tree-dimensional structure of the atmospheric circulation from a dynamic and synoptic perspective, baroclinic instability, the development of front systems, air masses, vorticity and its connection to weather, interaction between land and atmosphere, interpretation and analysis of weather maps, jet streams, thermal wind.

Instruction

Lectures and practical assignments.

Assessment

Written examination (8 credits), written exercise reports (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.

Other directives

The course cannot be included in the same degree as 1ME424 Atmospheric dynamics and synoptic meteorology, 10 credits.