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Course code: RSSS10035o14
Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Meteorology and climatology
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Marian Rojek
Language of instruction: Polish / English


Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student has knowledge about the physical processes in the Earth's atmosphere. He knows processes and laws which determine the water cycle in the environment. Knows the role of water balance in the environmental protection and development. Knows the most important climate factors. He knows how to use long-term meteorological data. Skills: Student can take basic meteorological measurements. He can determine the components of the water balance. Can apply the methods of measurement and estimation of the quantities of the different types of evaporation. Able to determine the suitability of meteorological data to the natural phenomena assessment. He can practically use the available sources of long-term climate data.

Competences: Social competences: Student knows and understands issues related to the condition and functioning of the natural environment.

Prerequisites: Mathematics, Physics

Course content: The Earth’s atmosphere structure. Short- and longwave radiation balance. The greenhouse effect. The heat balance components. Soil, water and air thermal properties. Air humidity. Water phase transformations – evaporation and condensation. Settlements, clouds and precipitation. The water cycle elements. Synoptic forecast and local weather forecasting. Climate-factors. Climates of Europe. The main features of the Polish climate. Polish climate change in the second half of the twentieth century. The local climates and microclimates formation factors. Forests, hills and depressions, wetland surroundings and water reservoirs local climates. Microclimate drainage. Scenarios of global climate change and its consequences in the heat and water balance.

Recommended literature: 1) Bac S., Koźmiński C., Rojek M., 1993: Agrometeorologia, PWN Warszawa, 2) Bac S., Rojek M., 2012: Meteorologia i klimatologia w inżynierii środowiska, Wyd. UP we Wrocławiu, 3) Agroklimatyczne podstawy melioracji wodnych w Polsce, 1982. Praca zbiorowa pod red. S. Baca, PWRiL, Warszawa, 4) Rojek M., Żyromski A., 2004: Agrometeorologia i klimatologia, Wyd. AR we Wrocławiu, skrypt nr 492.

Assessment methods: Knowledge: written test from lectures material; Skills: successful completion of computational exercises and climatological study; Social competence: the correct interpretation of the results referring to the environment condition.

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