Summer Semester 2009/10
Climatology AK4024
Course content:
The basic notions from meteorology and climatology. Meteorological elements. The atmosphere of the ground, her composition and building. The impurity of the atmospheric air. The kinds of the radiation and their profile. The thermal processes of the arrangement the ground-the atmosphere. The total effect of the radiation. The schedule of the pressure. The wind. The circulation of the atmosphere. The water in the atmosphere. Clouds and the developmental processes of clouds. The formation of precipitations. Isobars and baric arrangements. The masses of the air and their classification. Atmospheric fronts. Frequency of the masses of the air over Poland. The prognose of weather. International symbols relating to the condition of weather on the basis of local observations.
Learning outcomes:
Basis knowledge of hydrology, meteorology and climatology.
Course coordinators
Bibliography
a) basic references:
1. Woś A.: Meteorologia dla geografów, PWN, Warszawa 2000
2. Kożuchowki K.: Atmosfera, klimat, ekoklimat. PWN, Warszawa 1998
3. Byczkowski A.: Hydrologia, tom I i II, SGGW, Warszawa 1997
4. Bac S., Rojek M.: Meteorologia i klimatologia w inżynierii środowiska. Wrocław, 1999
5. Kossowska-Cezak U., Martyn D., Olszewski K., Kopacz-Lembowicz M.: Meteorologia i klimatologia. PWN, 2000
6. Zwoździak J., Zwoździak A., Szczurek A.: Meteorologia w ochronie atmosfery. PW, 1998
7. Kożuchowski K: Meteorolgia i klimatologia. PWN, 2005