| Course Unit Code | 616-0425/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 4 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| JAN42 | doc. Ing. Petr Jančík, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| Students will be introduced to the Earth's atmosphere and heating processes in the Earth's surface and troposphere by solar radiation. They will learn about the relationship between heating of the troposphere, the horizontal pressure field changes and general atmospheric circulation. They will acquainted with the cause and course of global climatic cycles. Students become familiar with the stability of the atmosphere and its impact on the dispersion of atmospheric pollutants. Finally they will learn about types of air masses and their changes in the temperate zone of Europe, and their influence of air quality changes. After learning of basics of meteorology and climatology will be explained relations between emissions and air quality in our industrial region, with legislative background and the possibilities of air quality control in those area. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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- student will be able to formulate basic concepts and relationships from the meteorology
- student will be able to demonstrate their acquired knowledge into practice for evaluation of weather status and forecast on level of knowledge for private pilot license
- student will be able to properly present and formulate their knowledge
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| Course Contents |
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Atmosphere
- Composition and structure
- Vertical structure
Temperature, pressure and density
- Sun and Earth's radiation (solar and terrestrial radiation), temperature
- Daily temperature variation
- Adiabatic process
- Vertical temperature gradient
- Stability and instability
- Changes in pressure, density and temperature with height
Altimetry
- Operational aspects of pressure setting
- Barometric altitude, density altitude
- The height, altitude, flight level
- ICAO standard atmosphere
- QNH, QFE, standard pressure
- Transition altitude, layer and level
Humidity and precipitation
- Water vapor in the atmosphere
- Water vapor pressure
- Dew point and relative humidity
- Condensation and evaporation
- Collisions
Pressure and wind
- Barometric pressure isobar
- Movements in the atmosphere, the pressure gradient
- Vertical and horizontal motion, convergence, divergence
- Surface and geostrophic wind
- The relationship between isobars and wind, Buys Ballot's Law
- Turbulence and gustiness
- Local winds, hair dryer, land and sea breezes
Production cloudiness
- Cooling by advection, radiation and adiabatic expansion
- Cloud types
- Convective clouds
- Orographic clouds
- Layered and cumulus clouds
- Flying conditions in each cloud
Fog, mist and haze
- Radiation, advection, frontal, freezing fog
- Creation and dissolution of fog
- Reduced visibility due to smog, snow, smoke, dust and sand
- Assess the likelihood of reduced visibility
- Risks in flight due to low visibility, horizontal and vertical
Air masses
- Factors affecting the properties of air masses and their description
- Classification of airmasses, region of origin
- Airmasses during their movement
- Development of low and high pressure
- Weather associated with pressure systems
Queues
- Boundaries between airmasses
- Warm front, associated clouds and weather
- Weather in the warm sector
- The cold front, associated clouds and weather
- Occlusion, frontal clouds and weather
- A stationary front, associated clouds and weather
Ice accretion
- Conditions conducive to ice formation
- The effect of frost, ice crystals, granular ice, clear ice (Toothfish)
- Effects of icing on aircraft performance
- Safety measures and avoidance of icing conditions
Storms
- Formation - airmass, frontal, orographic
- The conditions necessary for the formation of thunderstorms
- Development process
- Danger to aircraft,
Flight over mountainous areas
- Risk
- The influence of terrain on atmospheric processes
- Mountain waves, windshear, turbulence, vertical movement, rotor effects, valley winds
Climatology
- General circulation in the troposphere over Europe in different seasons
- Local weather and winds seasons
Meteorological Organization
- Airport meteorological office
- Aeronautical meteorological station
- Forecasting service
- Meteorological services at airports
- The availability of periodic weather forecasts
Weather analysis and forecast meteorological information for flight planning
- Weather maps, symbols, signs
- Significant weather maps
- Messages, reports and forecasts for departure, en route, destination and alternate
- Interpretation of coded information METAR, TAF, GAFOR
- Meteorological broadcasts for aviation - VOLMET, ATIS and SIGMET
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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| Ahrens, Donald C. Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment. Published by Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2008, 624 p., ISBN: 0534397719 |
1. Seifert V.: Rozumíme počasí?. Artia Praha, 1987
2. Dvořák P.: Atlas oblaků.Svět křídel, 2007
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| Recommended Reading: |
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| Ahrens, Donald C. Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment. Published by Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2008, 624 p., ISBN: 0534397719 |
3. Kurfűrst J.: Zdroje znečišťování ovzduší. SZN Praha, 1982
4. Obroučka K.:Látky znečišťující ovzduší. ES VŠB - TU Ostrava, 2001.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials, Other activities |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Graded exercises evaluation | Graded credit | 100 | 51 |