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Course code: IWS10163o15Semester: 2015/2016 winter
Name: Meteorology and climatology
Major: Water Engineering and Managment
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. inż. Marian Rojek
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge Knows the basic physical processes occurring in the Earth's atmosphere, known processes and laws that determine the water cycle, understand the basic components of the heat balance, know the factors influencing the formation and development of topo-and micro-climates, knows and understands the rules of use of long-term climate data. Knowledge Able to perform basic meteorological measurements, can independently interpret meteorological data, is able to use the data to develop a long-term climatological characteristics of the selected area, can determine the suitability of meteorological data to assess natural phenomena; know how to use weather and climate data in the design.
Competences:
Prerequisites: Mathematics, Physics
Course content: Earth's atmosphere. The greenhouse effect. Radiation balance and heat balance. Termika water, soil and air. Humidity. Phase transitions of water - evaporation and condensation. Sediments, clouds and precipitation. Small and large water cycle - water balances. Climates of Europe. The main features of the Polish climate. Polish climate change in the second half of the twentieth century. Assessment methods microclimatic conditions. Topoklimaty selected ecosystems. Global warming and climate change scenarios.
Recommended literature: 1. Bac S., Rojek M.: Meteorologia i klimatologia w inżynierii środowiska, Wyd. AR we Wrocławiu, 1999, 2. Kożuchowski K.: Klimat Polski – nowe spojrzenie, Wyd. Nauk. PWN, 2011, 3. Bac S., Koźmiński C., Rojek M.: Agrometeorologia, PWN, 1998, 4. Rojek M., Żyromski A.: Agrometeorologia i klimatologia, Wyd. AR we Wrocławiu, skrypt nr 492, 2004.
Assessment methods: credit training and development of computing climatological, pass four tests, written examination. Final assessment : the average grade of the exercises (50%) and lectures (50 %)
Comment: Lecture 1: The Earth's atmosphere. Radiation of short-and long-term. Lecture 2: The heat balance. Daily and annual temperature curve of the soil, water and air. Lecture 3: The values characterizing the humidity. Daily and annual mileage humidity. The processes of phase transformations of water. The physical process of evaporation. Lecture 4: free water surface evaporation, evapotranspiration, potential and actual evapotranspiration. Pairing an indicator. Lecture 5: Direct and indirect methods of determining local evaporation. The process of condensation. Deposits atmospheric fog. Lecture 6: The main types of clouds. Precipitation. Climate and agro-climatic water balance. Lecture 7: pressure systems and fronts INFERENCE. Weather events in wyżach and niżach. Weather forecast. Lecture 8: atmospheric masses. Complexes weather in Europe and Poland. Lecture 9: climate-factors. Maritime and continental climate. Features climates of Europe. Lecture 10: The transitional, variation and contrast of the Polish climate. Climatic regions and districts. Lecture 11: Causes of topo-and micro-climates. Influence of terrain and vegetation on the radiation balance and heat balance. The vertical profiles of air temperature. Lecture 12: Topoklimaty forests, hills and hollows field, surrounding wetlands and water bodies. Urban heat island. Lecture 13: Correction of standard meteorological data to local conditions. Passive and active drainage microclimate. Lecture 14: The greenhouse effect. Global warming. Lecture 15: Scenarios of climate change and its effects on water balance. Polish climate change in the second half of the twentieth century. The nature and scope of the exercise: exercise design. Exercise 1-7: Class computationally-drawing the balance of radiation, soil temperature, air temperature and humidity, evaporation indicator, potential and actual evapotranspiration and climatic water balances. Exercise 8-15: execution climatological studies for the selected region Polish. Tables, charts and maps in the field of long-term value of sunshine, air temperature, precipitation, evaporation from the surface of the water, and the actual evapotranspiration. Comparison of long-term value of the selected year.