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| 0691-4435-01 | Extreme weather events and their environmental implications B - Regional and loc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 2.0
Course description
Objective
• Introducing methodological approaches to definition of extreme events and their relevance to the Mediterranean region and Israel
• Climatological methods for analyzing extreme weather events in Israel
• Synoptic analysis of extreme weather events
• Studying the relations between climatological aspects and environmental and planning implications
• Introducing future scenarios for extremity in the Mediterranean region and Israel and their potential environmental impacts
Syllabus
Introduction:
Definitions of the regional extreme events and their spatio-temporal scales
Methodologiical approaches for analyzing the regional extreme weather events
Climatic and environmental databases
Environmental and planning aspects of regional extreme events
Extreme rainfall events and floods
Climatology of extreme rainfall events in Israel
Synoptic analysis of extreme rainfall events
Floods in Israel: geographical and climatological aspects and case study analysis
Lightning: spatio-temporal distribution and relations to the regional synoptic systems
Dust events:
Geographical and meteorological conditions for the development of dust events
Climatology of dust events in the Mediterranean Basin and Israel and their impacts
Synoptic systems involved and case study analysis
Wind storms
Geographical and meteorological conditions for the development of wind storms in Israel
Climatology of wind storms in Israel and case study analysis
Environmental and planning aspects of wind storms in Israel
Heat waves and heat stress
Discomfort indices and their relation to extreme temperature events, heat waves and heat stress
Climatology of heat waves, extreme temperatures and heat stress events in Israel
Synoptic systems involved ('quasi-stationary' systems and atmospheirc disturbances) and case study analysis
Long-term trends and future scenarios
Meteorological aspects of air pollution in Israel
Meteorological aspects of wild and forest fires
Background: geographical, ecological and meteorological conditions favoring the expansion of fires
The role of the regional synoptic systems and local weather conditions, case study examples
Long-term variations and trends – the role of drying conditions against management policy
The role of the regional synoptic systems in the energy consumption regime
Prerequisite:
Introduction to climate and environmental aspects (0691.1503.01)
Tasks:
Exercises, Mid-term work, Final work
• Introducing methodological approaches to definition of extreme events and their relevance to the Mediterranean region and Israel
• Climatological methods for analyzing extreme weather events in Israel
• Synoptic analysis of extreme weather events
• Studying the relations between climatological aspects and environmental and planning implications
• Introducing future scenarios for extremity in the Mediterranean region and Israel and their potential environmental impacts
Syllabus
Introduction:
Definitions of the regional extreme events and their spatio-temporal scales
Methodologiical approaches for analyzing the regional extreme weather events
Climatic and environmental databases
Environmental and planning aspects of regional extreme events
Extreme rainfall events and floods
Climatology of extreme rainfall events in Israel
Synoptic analysis of extreme rainfall events
Floods in Israel: geographical and climatological aspects and case study analysis
Lightning: spatio-temporal distribution and relations to the regional synoptic systems
Dust events:
Geographical and meteorological conditions for the development of dust events
Climatology of dust events in the Mediterranean Basin and Israel and their impacts
Synoptic systems involved and case study analysis
Wind storms
Geographical and meteorological conditions for the development of wind storms in Israel
Climatology of wind storms in Israel and case study analysis
Environmental and planning aspects of wind storms in Israel
Heat waves and heat stress
Discomfort indices and their relation to extreme temperature events, heat waves and heat stress
Climatology of heat waves, extreme temperatures and heat stress events in Israel
Synoptic systems involved ('quasi-stationary' systems and atmospheirc disturbances) and case study analysis
Long-term trends and future scenarios
Meteorological aspects of air pollution in Israel
Meteorological aspects of wild and forest fires
Background: geographical, ecological and meteorological conditions favoring the expansion of fires
The role of the regional synoptic systems and local weather conditions, case study examples
Long-term variations and trends – the role of drying conditions against management policy
The role of the regional synoptic systems in the energy consumption regime
Prerequisite:
Introduction to climate and environmental aspects (0691.1503.01)
Tasks:
Exercises, Mid-term work, Final work