Department of Geography and the Human Environment, School of Geoscience - 2019/20

Introduction to Synoptic Meteorology  (0349-2670-01)

Prof. Hadas Saaroni

Syllabi

The course introduces the principles of weather forecasting. It includes subjective and objective forecasting methods, the principles of numerical weather prediction and the role of statistical forecasting.

The structure and dynamics of mid-latitude synoptic systems and their relation with the local weather conditions will be studied. The principles of weather prediction process, including: surface and upper-levels analysis of different atmospheric variables, fronts, satellite imageries, sounding analysis and thermodynamic diagrams.

The methodology will be exemplified on real-time weather systems during the course and on typical case studies characterizing the synoptic systems and weather conditions of the Middle East, the Levant region and Israel.

References

Hebrew

1. גולדרייך, י. (2014) האקלים בישראל – תצפיות חקר ויישום. רמת-גן: אוניברסיטת בר- אילן.
2. דיין, א. (1979) מטאורולוגיה סינופטית. ירושלים: אקדמון.
3. יאיר, י., זיו, ב. (2012) מבוא למטאורולוגיה. תל-אביב: האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, יחידות 4-1
4. זיו, ב., יאיר, י. (2015) מבוא למטאורולוגיה. תל-אביב: האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, יחידות 7-5
5. כהן, א., וולפסון, נ., גרבר, מ. (1977) פיסיקה ודינמיקה של האטמוספירה. ירושלים: אקדמון.
6.  ששון, נ. (1991) מדריך מקצועי לחזאי בישראל. בית-דגן: השרות המטאורולוגי, פרסום הדרכה 1/91.

   English

7. Ahrens, C.D. (1982) Meteorology Today, West Publishing Company, St. Paul, 582p.
8. Barry R.G. and Carleton, A. M. (2001) Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology, Routledge, 620 p.
9. Blustein, H. B. (1993) Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Mid-latitudes: Observations and Theory of Weather Systems, Vol. 2. Oxford University Press, USA, 608 p. 
10. Carlson T.N. (1991) Mid-Latitude Weather Systems, Routledge, London, 507 p.
11. Dayan U., Tubi A. and Levy I. (2012). On the importance of synoptic classification methods with respect to environmental phenomena. Int. J. Climatol., 32, 681-694
12. HMSO, (1962) Weather in the Mediterranean I: General Meteorology. 2nd ed. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 362 p
13.  Lackmann G. (2011) Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology - Dynamics, Analysis, and Forecasting, The American Meteorological Society, The University of Chicago Press, 345 p 
14. Palmer, T. (ed.), (2006) Predictability of Weather and Climate  Cambridge University Press
15. Richardson S.J. and Brock, F.V. (2001) Meteorological Measurement Systems. Oxford Univ. Press, 290 p.
16. Wallace, J. M. and Hobbs, P. V. (2006) Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey (International Geophysics) Second Edition, Academic Press, 504 p. ISBN-13: 978-0127329512 
17. Yarnal, B. (1994) Synoptic Climatology in Environmental Analysis, John Wiley&Son.

Prerequisite:

Introduction to climate and environmental aspects

Tasks:

Exercises (30%), Final exam (70%)