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Course code: BBS10104o10Semester: 2010/2011 winter
Name: Meteorology
Major: Biology
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr Krystyna Bryś
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: During the course student gains a theoretical knowledge needed to understand relation between atmosphere and biosphere. He masters methodical basis of meteorological measurement and observation also.
Competences: Passing the course permits making elementary meteorological measurement and some research on relation between atmosphere and biosphere
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Course content: Structure and elements of the earth’s atmosphere. Radiation in the atmosphere. Global balance of the radiation. Greenhouse effect. Heat balance. Heat fluxes (sensible, latent, surface). Air temperature. Water in the atmosphere. Air humidity. Condensation of a saturation vapour in the atmosphere. Evaporation. Evapotranspiration and climatic water balance. Atmospheric pressure. Wind and the air pressure field. The baric highs and lows. Synoptic maps. Global circulation of the atmosphere. Cyclogenesis. Atmospheric front. Centres of atmospheric activity and air masses. Climate changes.
Recommended literature: : Bac S., Rojek M., Meteorologia i klimatologia w inżynierii środowiska, PWN, Warszawa, 2000 Kędziora A., Podstawy agrometeorologii. Państwowe Wydawnictwo Rolnicze i Leśne, Poznań 1999. Kossowska-Cezak U. i in., Meteorologia i klimatologia. Pomiary, obserwacje, opracowania. PWN, Warszawa, 2000; Kożuchowski K. (red.), Meteorologia i klimatologia. PWN Warszawa, 2005; Kożuchowski K., Atmosfera, klimat, ekoklimat, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1998; Woś A., Klimat Polski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1999.
Assessment methods: completion of laboratory training after each semester, oral exam after semester 6; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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