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625-227 Weather and Climate Systems | |
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Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Dr K Walsh |
Prerequisites | Earth sciences 625-103 is recommended. Students are assumed to have taken some first-year mathematics and/or physics. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | 24 lectures (two hours per week), 36 hours of practical work (three hours per week). Some practical work may be computer-based and may take place at times decided by the students |
Subject Description | This subject deals with weather systems ranging from global to human scales; dynamical features of a rotating earth; the boundary layer, emphasising the urban boundary layer; mesoscale systems and severe local weather; mid-latitude systems: extra-tropical cyclones; heat lows; anticyclones; and low latitude systems: subtropical and tropical cyclones, and monsoons. On completion of this subject, students should comprehend the interactions between atmospheric energy on various scales; have developed skills in interpreting standard Bureau of Meteorology products; and appreciate the distinction between weather and climate. |
Assessment | A 2-hour end-of-semester written examination (50%); practical work/problem sheets totalling not more than 3500 words (50%). |
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