Course Details

Climatology

Academic Year 2024/25

BSB008 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-SI / V Winter Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to meteorology and climatology.
  2. Measurement in meteorology and climatology.
  3. Earth atmosphere – basic structure, composition of the atmosphere, stratification.
  4. Solar radiation.
  5. Air pressure and temperature mode of the atmosphere.
  6. Water in atmosphere – humidity and condensation.
  7. Lecture of expert, excursion.
  8. Introduction to climatology.
  9. Climate change – past, present, future.
  10. Climate change – basic definition, facts, problems, IPCC.
  11. Climate change – regional climate downscaling.
  12. Lecture of expert, excursion.
  13. Climate change – connection to hydrology, water management and climate change.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  1. Water drop drops and presentation themes list.
  2. Calculation of relation between intensity of sun radiation and mean temperature.
  3. Statistical evaluation of air temperature in given month.
  4. Main windy direction evaluation in given month.
  5. Prediction of daily air temperature using Neural Network (data preparing and NN testing).
  6. Prediction of daily air temperature using Neural Network (verification and prediction).
  7. Relation between daily air temperatures and humidity.
  8. Calculation of average monthly water evaporation and potential monthly evapotranspiration.
  9. Comparison of water outflows, evaporation and air temperatures for selected river basins in climate change.
  10. Reservoir water management analysis with out any climate change considiration.
  11. Reservoir water management analysis due to climate change.
  12. Presantations.
  13. Control of elaborates, test.