1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Exercises	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To introduce students to optical and acoustic phenomena and processes in the atmosphere, to the physical formation of clouds and precipitation, their modeling, and to the possibilities of artificial influence on the weather.

COURSE CONTENT:
Optical and acoustic phenomena in the atmosphere. Physics of clouds and precipitation. Artificial influence on the weather. Radars and radar equation. Modeling of cloud and precipitation formation with numerical meteorological models.

COURSE SYLLABUS:
1. Optical phenomena related to the visible part of the solar spectrum.
2. Natural visibility during the day and night.
3. Refraction of light in dry and humid air.
4. Refraction constant. Depression of the horizon.
5. Optical phenomena related to abnormal air density and changes in air density.
6. Wegener's theory of reflection.
7. Astronomical and terrestrial refraction and its consequences.
8.-9. Phenomena related to bending, refraction, and reflection of light on water droplets and crystals in clouds and precipitation.
10. Atmospheric acoustics. Refraction of sound in dry and humid air. Sound suppression. Echo. Sounds of meteorological origin.
11. Homogeneous and heterogeneous condensation. Growth of raindrops by diffusion and coalescence.
12. Artificial action on time.
13. Radars and the radar equation.
14. Modeling of cloud formation and physical parameterization in numerical meteorological models.
15. Repetition of the entire material.

LEARNING METHOD:
Listening to lectures and exercises, studying notes and available literature. Deriving equations and solving problems through exercises.

TEACHING METHODS:
Lectures with discussion. Analysis of examples. Exercises with tasks of deriving equations and solving numerical problems. Presentations of seminar papers.

MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT METHOD:
Interviews, written and oral exams.

SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS:
Regular attendance (attendance at more than 2/3 of the classes). Seminar paper.

EXAM METHOD:
Written (those who successfully pass all interviews may be exempted from the written part of the exam) and oral.

1. Rogers R.R. and Yau, M.K.: A Short Course in Cloud Physics, Pergamon Press, 1989 (3rd ed.)
2. Mason, B.J.: The Physics of Clouds. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1971.

Izborni predmeti - Regular study - Meteorology and Physical Oceanography