Atmospheric Dynamics and Synoptic Meteorology, 10 credits

Academic year 2022/2023

  • Autumn 2022, 67%, Campus

    Start date: 31 October 2022

    End date: 15 January 2023

    Application deadline: 19 April 2022

    Application code: UU-18507 Application

    Language of instruction: The course will be taught in English, if needed

    Location: Uppsala

    Selection: Higher education credits in science and engineering (maximum 240 credits)

    Registration: 30 September 2022 – 30 October 2022

Entry requirements: 120 credits including 35 credits in mathematics and 35 credits in physics. Atmospheric Physics, 15 credits. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Fees:

If you are not a citizen of a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are required to pay application or tuition fees. Formal exchange students will be exempted from tuition fees, as well as the application fee. Read more about fees.

Application fee: SEK 900

Tuition fee, first semester: SEK 24,167

Tuition fee, total: SEK 24,167

About the course

This is an advanced course in atmospheric dynamic combined with synoptic meteorology. More specific the course contains: baroclinic instability, frontogenesis, air masses, vorticity and its influence on weather, interaction between the surface and the atmosphere, practical analysis and interpretation of weather charts and its connection to weather, jet streams and thermal wind.

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Contact

Department of Earth Sciences

Geocentrum, Villavägen 16 752 36 Uppsala

Villavägen 16, 752 36 UPPSALA

Study counsellor

Email: studievagledare@geo.uu.se