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Meteorology and Climatology

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Course Unit Code546-0321/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HAJ21Ing. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D.
Summary
The part of the subject called "Meteorology ..." explains the basic processes in
atmosphere, respectively. troposphere. It characterizes the conditions of individual monitoring meteorological elements such as temperature, relative humidity, cloudiness, precipitation, evaporation, wind.
It statistically evaluates data collection and performs daily and annual analyzes selected meteorological elements.
In the second part of the course "...... climatology" explains climate,geographical factors . It also explains the concepts of macro, mesoclimate and microclimate. Climate of the Czech Republic.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Monitoring meteorology parameters for evaluation of climatology process.Processing of currently measured meteorological quantities and statistical processing of long-term climatological series.

Course Contents
1. Meteorology as a scientific discipline, climatology as a scientific discipline. Subjects and objects of study of these disciplines, differences.
2. Temperature as a meteorological and climatological element. Characteristics - quantities needed for practice. Daily and annual temperature in the Czech Republic, extreme values ​​in the Czech Republic. Geographical factors of horizontal temperature changes. Spatial temperature distribution in the Czech Republic. Measurement - standard conditions, instrumentation, standard height, time. Thermal anomalies - problems of thermal islands in the Czech Republic.
3. Statistical methods of processing of measured values ​​of temperature - arithmetic mean, weighted average, isotherm method.
4. Relative humidity as a meteorological and climatological element. Characteristics - quantities needed for practice. Geographical factors of horizontal changes in relative humidity. Spatial distribution of relative humidity in the Czech Republic. Daily and annual course of relative humidity in the Czech Republic, extreme values ​​in the Czech Republic. Measurement - standard conditions, instrumentation, standard height, time and method of psychrometric tables.
5. Condensation products: cloud cover. Types of clouds - precipitation active, their genesis, morphology.
6. Vertical Precipitation - as a meteorological and climatological element. Classification of precipitation by precipitation state, by location, by genesis, precipitation intensity.
 Characteristics - quantities needed for practice. Geographical factors of spatial distribution of precipitation. Spatial distribution of precipitation in the Czech Republic. Daily and annual precipitation in the Czech Republic, extreme values ​​in the Czech Republic. Measurement - standard conditions, instrumentation, standard height, time.
7. Statistical methods of processing measured quantities of precipitation - arithmetic mean, weighted average, isohyet method. And other methods. Precipitation, intensity - data chmi.cz, model Aladin, radar images.
8. Solution of dependence of total precipitation on temperature, for convective precipitation.
9. Horizontal collisions - anomalous phenomena.
10. Evaporation - as a meteorological and climatological element. Characteristics - quantities needed for practice. Geographical factors of horizontal evaporation changes. Daily and annual evaporation in the Czech Republic, extreme values ​​in the Czech Republic.
11. Problems of vapor measurement, current and potential vapor. Modeling of vapor quantity.
12. Wind as a meteorological and climatological element. Characteristics - quantities needed for practice. Geographical factors of spatial wind distribution in the Czech Republic. Long-term trends of wind speed and direction in the Czech Republic, extreme values. Statistical methods of wind speed and direction data processing - wind rose.
13. Classification of mesoclimate of the Czech Republic. Climate Atlas of the Czech Republic. Long-term time series of selected climatological variables.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
KALVOVÁ, Jaroslava. Scénáře změny klimatu na území České republiky a odhady dopadů klimatické změny na hydrologický režim, sektor zemědělství, sektor lesního hospodářství a na lidské zdraví v ČR. Praha: Český hydrometeorologický ústav. Národní klimatický program České republiky. 2002. ISBN 80-86690-01-6.
BARRY, Roger G. a Richard J. CHORLEY. Atmosphere, weather, and climate. 7th ed. New York: Routledge. 1998. ISBN 0‐415‐16020‐0.
VYSOUDIL, Miroslav. Základy fyzické geografie 1: Meteorologie a klimatologie. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013.ISBN 978-80-244-3892-4.
KRÁLOVÁ, Helena a Zdeněk ZVĚŘINA. Vodohospodářská meteorologie a klimatologie. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM. 2002.ISBN 80-214-2338-2.
BARTOŠ, Michael, NĚMEC, Jan a Jan KOPP, ed. Vodstvo a podnebí v České republice v souvislosti se změnou klimatu. Praha: Pro Ministerstvo zemědělství ČR vydal Consult, 2009. ISBN 978-80-903482-7-1.
BARRY, R. G. a R. J. CHORLEY. Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate. New York: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0‐415160200
Recommended Reading:
KALVOVÁ, Jaroslava. Scénáře změny klimatu na území České republiky a odhady dopadů klimatické změny na hydrologický režim, sektor zemědělství, sektor lesního hospodářství a na lidské zdraví v ČR. Praha: Český hydrometeorologický ústav. Národní klimatický program České republiky. 2002.ISBN 80-86690-01-6.
https://www.chmi.cz
BRÁZDIL, Rudolf a Miroslav TRNKA. Historie počasí a podnebí v Českých zemích: minulost, současnost, budoucnost. Brno: Centrum výzkumu globální změny Akademie věd České republiky. 2015.ISBN 978-80-87902-11-0.
TOLASZ, R. Atlas podnebí Česka. Praha: Český hydrometeorologický ústav, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86690-26-1.
PROŠEK, Pavel. Antarktida. Praha: Academia, 2013. ISBN 978-80-200-2140-3
ROTH, Günter D. Encyklopedie počasí: jak porozumět počasí a meteorologickým předpovědím. Praha: Knižní klub, 2000. ISBN 80-242-0228-x.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Terrain work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34