Universität Wien

280336 UE PM-Met-10 Exercises in Dynamics of the Atmosphere 2 (PI) (2012W)

Continuous assessment of course work

2F513 Do, 11:15-12:15
Termine/Dates:
04.10.2012 (Vorbesprechung/Preliminary Meeting)
18.10.2012
25.10.2012
08.11.2012
15.11.2012
22.11.2012
29.11.2012
06.12.2012
13.12.2012
10.01.2013
17.01.2013
24.01.2013 (Wiederholungseinheit/Review Session)
Testtermin/Exam Date (wir noch bekannt gegeben / to be determined)

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The module complements the lecture course, where advanced concepts of atmospheric fluid dynamics are introduced:
- Baroclinic Instability
- Baroclinic Two-Layer Model and Energetics of Baroclinic Waves
- General Circulation of the Atmosphere

Assessment and permitted materials

The grading system is based on: i) homework; ii) blackboard performance; iii) a final exam. Homework and blackboard performance, combined, account for 50% of the final grade (exercise points). The final exam accounts for the remaining 50% (exam points). To pass the course successfully, 30% of each of these categories (test points, exam points) and a minimum of 50% of the total points (exercise points plus exam points) are required.

Exercise points:
At the beginning of each exercise session, a sheet is distributed on which students can tick what exercises they solved. During the session, students are asked to come to the blackboard and their performance is evaluated with a weighting factor between 0.0 and 1.0.
At the end of the course, exercise points are calculated as (A/B)*C, where:
A = sum of points gained by ticking problems.
B = total points available.
C = mean weighting factor of the blackboard performances.
The worst homework session is not included in the computation ("void result").

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students following this course, will learn to understand and to apply the fundamental mathematical and physical concepts of geophysical fluid dynamics related to meteorology.

Examination topics

Exercise problems will be solved by the students at home. During the exercise session the problems will be presented by students at the blackboard and discussed in class.

Reading list

Hantel, M., 2012: Einführung in die Theoretische Meteorologie. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
Holton, J.R., 2004: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology. Elsevier Academic Press.
Etling, D., 2008: Theoretische Meteorologie. Springer-Verlag.

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