After successful completion of the course, students are able to explain the composition of the lower atmosphere and to formulate the fundamental physical processes in weather and climate. They have basic knowledge on the instruments and satellites to measure meteorological variables and processes. The students have knowledge on the most important drivers and impacts of climate change as well as on the principles of  numerical wheather and cliamte forecasting.

Meteorology

• Definition: Weather – Local conditions – Climate
• Structure and composition of the atmosphere
• Meteorological elements and physical relationships
• Fundamentals of meteorological thermodynamics and dynamics
• Applied Meteorology and Synoptic Meteorology
• Numerical Weather Prediction
  
  

Climatology

• Principles of climatology (scales, spheres, classifications, oscillations, anomalies)
• Energy balance
• Water cycle
• Carbon cacle
• Feedbacks
• Climate change
• Climate modelling
• Climate mitigation and politics

• Lecturing with slides
• Lecturing with onlien whiteboard
• Video material
• Books
• Dicussion with students

There is a written exam in multiple choice mode. It includes questions on knowledge of photogrammetry as well as small examples which need to be solved by computation.