Entry requirements

120 credits of which 90 credits in science/engineering including the course Meteorology, Hydrology and Environmental Measurement Techniques, 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 meteorological processes on local to global scale
• explain the role of the oceans in the climate system 
• analyze and interpret climate and ocean-related variations in time and space
• conduct and interpret own meteorological measurements
• perform calculations of the processes that control conditions in the atmospheric boundary layer

Content

Weather and climate variability in time and space (from short time scales to climatological variations and from micro to global scale). Sea breeze, convection and terrain effects. The structure of the atmosphere closest to the ground and how these atmospheric processes can be described and quantified. The role of the oceans in the climate system, ocean currents, sea level, El Niño. Analysis of meteorological and marine climate data. Meteorological measurements linked to other course content.

Instruction

Lectures, labs and seminar

Assessment

Written exam (3 credits), labs and seminar (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 regulations

Cannot be combined with 1TV026 Climate in the same degree.