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Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Basic knowledge of meteorology: main meteorological quantities, measurement and processing of selected meteorological data. Climatology focused on European climate, climate of the CR and climate change.

Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, hydrology, geography

Measurement and evaluation of selected meteorological quantities, such as precipitation. Climatic areas, data processing.

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Oral lectures with Power Point presentations. Video documents on selected topics.
Seminars - measurement and evaluation of measured data, calculations, Power Point presentations on selected topics. On-line tests from selected topics.

For a successful finishing of the subject, student has to:
- be present in seminars,
- have presentations of selected topics from meteorology,
- work on given tasks, measurement and evaluation of meteorological data
- pass a written exam and
- hand over his presentations.

1. Atmosphere of the Earth: composition, layers, attributes
2. Atmospheric pressure: units, normal pressure, attributes, measurement
3. Radiation: energy of radiation, Sun, radiation and absorbtion in atmosphere, Earth radiation, measurement
4. Temperature of the soil, water and the air: units, attributes, measurement
5. Humidity of the air: determination, units, distribution in the atmosphere
6. Evaporation and transpiration: definitions, evaporation from the soil, water and plants, measurenet and calculation, values
7. Condensation of water vapour: condensation nucleus,level, condensation on soil surface, in low layers of the atmosphere
8. Precipitations: origin and classification, intensity, measurement and evaluation
9. Cloudiness: clouds, water volume, classification
10. Atmospheric air flow: origin, classification, circulation, measurement and evaluation
11. Basic pressure formations, weather
12. Climate of the Earth, European clima, clima of ČR
13. Climate change, global warming

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Overview of main meteorological quantities
Basic knowledge of measurement and processing of selected meteorological data
Basic knowledge of climatology, aimed at climate of CR and climate changees.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

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KALVOVÁ, J., MOLDAN, B.: Klima a jeho změna v důsledku emisí skleníkových plynů. Vydavatelství Karolinum, 1996. (CS)
Meteorologický slovník výkladový terminologický. Academia , MŽP Praha, 1998. (CS)
KRÁLOVÁ, H., ZVĚŘINA, Z.: Vodohospodářská meteorologie a klimatologie. CERM Brno, 2002. (CS)

NETOPIL, R. a kol.: Fyzická geografie. SPN Praha, 1984. (CS)
Parker, S.P. (Editor): Meteorology Source Book. McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988. (EN)
Schneider, S.H. (Editor): Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather. Oxford University Press, 1996. (EN)
ROŽNOVSKÝ, J.: Klimatologie. MZLU Brno, 1999. (CS)
Burroughs, W.J.: Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, 2001. (EN)
Barry, R.G., Chorley, R.J. and Yokoi, N.J.: Atmosphere, Weather and Climate. Routledge, London, 2004. (EN)

26 hours, compulsory

1. History of Meteorological Station of Faculty of Civil Engineering, BUT. Meteorological devices. Presentation topics.
2. Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and its measuring stations.
Atmosphere of the Earth: layers - graph. Videodocument: Atmosphere of the Earth. Presentation.
3. Composition of the atmosphere of the Earth. Air pollution. presentations.
4. Measurement and evaluation of atmospheric pressure. Tasks, calculations. Climate Atlas of the CR.
5. Temperature of the soil, water and the air: thermometers types, measurements evaluations (calculations, graphs).
6. Air humidity: measurement and evaluation (graphs).
7. Evaporation and transpiration: calculation methods. Presentations.
8. Precipitations: measurement and evaluation. Snow. Presentation.
9. Classification of clouds - tests on line. Atlas of clouds. Presentation.
10. Air - evaluation of measured data. Measuring devices.
11. Meteorological observations.
12. Climadiagram. Climate change - videodocument.
13. Evaluation of winter seasons. Weather proverbs.