SUBJECT
Title
Synoptic meteorology 5
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3+3
Recommended in
Semester 3
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Conceptual models of subsynoptical scale weather phenomena: mesoscale phenomena, concective weather features, orographical weather features, low clouds, small scale conceptual models; tropical weather, teleconnection systems; Practice: Synoptic meteorological features of the Carpathian Basin, possibilities to utilize statistical and dynamical predictions, information content of numerically predicted fields for meteorological purposes, synoptic forecasts and evaluation of their reliability
Readings
- Bluestein, H. B., 1992: Synoptic-dynamic meteorology in midlatitudes.Volume I. Principles of kinematics and dynamics. Oxford UniversityPress, New York, 431 p.
- Bluestein, H. B., 1993: Synoptic-dynamic meteorology in midlatitudes. Volume II. Observations and theory of weather systems. OxfordUniversity Press, New York, 594 p.
- http://www.zamg.ac.at/docu/Manual/SatManu/main.htm