Entry requirements

120 credits including 35 credits in mathematics and 35 credits in physics. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should:

• have gained detailed knowledge about the earth's climate on a global and regional scale.
• have knowledge and be able to apply methods to classify climate
• be able to use statistical methods on large amount of meteorological data to extract climatological information.
• understand transport processes within the climate system as a result of classical physics

Content

Regional climate, classification of climate types (Köppen, Hendl), general circulation and its connection to conservation of energy and momentum for the earth/atmosphere system.

Statistical evaluation of meteorological observations: normalized climate indices, significance test, regression analysis, timeseries, distributions and trend analysis. Recurrent climate patterns and statistical methods to characterise them (empirical orthogonal functions EOF).

Instruction

Lectures, caclulation exercisess, home assignment, laboration

Assessment

Written examination (4 hp), laboration and home assignment (1 hp).

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.