Climatology with the basics of meteorology

Course: Soil Science, Land Management and Territorial Planning

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Climatology with the basics of meteorology
Code
ОК 05
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
P01. Collect, process and analyze information in the field of earth sciences. P06. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history and composition of the Earth as a planetary system and its geospheres, including the pedosphere. P08. Justify choices and use field and laboratory methods to analyze natural and anthropogenic systems and objects. P10. To analyze the composition and structure of the pedosphere on different spatial and temporal scales. P12. Know and apply theories, paradigms, concepts and principles in the Earth sciences, particularly in the field of soil science.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Knowledge of the basics of physics, chemistry, mathematics, physical geography.
Course content
The discipline consists of two content modules. The first content module is devoted to the study of properties and characteristics of the Earth's atmosphere, methods of meteorological measurements and observations; the study of the chemical composition of the atmosphere, its vertical structure, the properties of the layers according to the signs of: stratification, the intensity of the course of physical and chemical processes, the degree of ionization, the nature of the interaction with the subsoil surface; the study of the properties of radiation flows in the Sun-atmosphere-Earth surface system, patterns of geographic distribution of the components of the radiation balance of the subsoil surface; mechanisms of heat exchange between the subsoil surface and the atmosphere, the thermal regime of the earth's surface and air in the course of the day and the year; studying the conditions of phase transformations of water in the atmosphere, the main characteristics of air humidity and their daily and interseasonal changes; cloud formation processes, cloud classification; processes of precipitation, classification of atmospheric precipitation; conditions for the formation of fogs, hazes, terrestrial hydrometeors; study of patterns of changes in vertical atmospheric pressure, the structure of the baric field and the properties of its components; wind and the forces that determine it; large-scale air currents in the general atmospheric circulation system; local winds; classifications and main characteristics of air masses and atmospheric fronts; characteristics of adverse meteorological conditions and phenomena. The second content module is devoted to the study of the properties of the Earth's climate system, the peculiarities of the interaction of climate-forming factors, the classification of Earth's climates, hypotheses explaining climate changes, the main features of the climate of past eras, current trends in global and regional climate changes and their consequences.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Методи обробки та аналізу гідрометеорологічної інформації / за ред. Л.Д. Гончарової, Є.П. Школьного. – Одеса: Екологія, 2007. – 464 с. 2. Паламарчук Л.В., Шевченко О.Г. Метеорологічні прилади та вимірювання. – К.: Вид-во «Інтерконтиненталь-Україна», 2012. – 123 с. 3. Проценко Г.Д. Метеорологія та кліматологія: Навч. посібник. – К.: НПУ імені М. П. Драгоманова, 2007.  265 с. 4. Сніжко С.І., Паламарчук Л.В., Затула В.І. Метеорологія: Підручник. – К.: Київський університет, 2010.  592 с. 5. Шевченко О.Г., Сніжко С.І., Круківська А.В. Практикум з метеорології та кліматології. – К.: ФОП Маслаков, 2018. – 117 с. 6. International Cloud Atlas.  https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/home.html
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, practical work, independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Survey, performance of analytical and calculation works, modular control works, exam
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Rostyslav Vasylovich Oliinyk
Meteorology and сlimatology
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Meteorology and сlimatology
heohrafichnyi fakultet