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Meteorology, Climatology

Summary

Meteorology is the physic science that deals with atmosphere and observable weather events. Those events are bound by the variables that exist in Earth's atmosphere. They are temperature, pressure, water vapor, and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time.
Climatology is the study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time, and is a branch of the atmospheric sciences.

Literature

Hidore, J.: Climatology: an atmospheric science, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River 2010, ISBN 878-0-321-60205-3

Advised literature

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml


Language of instruction čeština
Code 542-0702
Abbreviation MK
Course title Meteorology, Climatology
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jindřich Šancer, Ph.D.