803464 VO Synoptic-dynamic Meteorology I (2005S)

ECTS: 3 credit points
Introduction (Literature), Methods of prediction, forecast verification, random forecast, persistence forecast, empirical forecast methods, statistical prediction methods, kinematic forecast methods, kinematic extrapolation, application to remotely sensed data (satellite, radar, lightning detection systems. Dynamical prediction methods: Rossby waves, 1D, 2D; Sutcliffes model of development, quasi-geostrophic model of geopotential tendency and omega equation, baroclinic instability, Q-vector, prognostic evaluation of TEMPs.