NAME OF COURSE:

Applied Meteorology in the Era of Climatic Change ((06912993

Dr Baruch Ziv

Syllabi

The course deals with inter-relations between meteorology and modern life.

It is composed f two parts.

The first presents nowadays meteorological techniques and describes how they are utilized for science and general public use:

·         Weather forecasting – methods and strategy, advantages and weaknesses

·         Synoptic climatology – methodologies and applications for environmental planning and climatological studies

·         Meteorological satellites – principles and identification cloud types and patterns

The second discusses how major fields of life are influenced by atmospheric conditions

·         Aviation – principles and physical effects of weather phenomena

·         Agro-meteorology – the physical conditions needed for optimal growth of vegetation and live- stock and their relation to weather conditions

·         Air Pollution – the influence of the atmospheric condition on air quality

The discussions involve physics, chemistry and biology

Bibliography:

1. Ahrens C. D. (2000) , Meteorology Today (6^th ed.) West Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN ,.

2. Ziv B, Yair Y. (1994) Introduction to Meteorology–Volume No. 2‎, Unit 7: Aviation Weather.

    The Open University of Israel: Israel (in Hebrew).

3. Goldreich Y. (2003), The Climate of Israel : Observation, Research and Application. Springer:

    Israel , Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: Netherland, 298.

Prerequisite:

Introduction to Climate ((0691150301

Grade:

Exam – 90-100%

Paper - up to 10%