Agricultural Meteorology


COURSE OUTLINE

 

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
STUDY LEVEL Undergraduate
COURSE CODE SEMESTER 2nd/ 4th
COURSE TITLE AGRICULTURAL METEOROLGY
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS
Lectures (2 hours/week) and laboratory course (1 hour/week) 3 5
COURSE TYPE Scientific Specialization
PREREQUISITE COURSE(S):
LANGUAGE (TEACHING AND EXAMS) Greek
THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes
COURSE WEBSITE (URL) https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/OPE01205/

 

 

  1. TEACHING OUTCOMES
Teaching outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

§  identify and interpret the various meteorological and climate phenomena

§  apply the fundamental laws of Physics that govern the atmospheric phenomena

§  resolve the fundamental equations of the atmosphere

§  read weather maps

 

General capabilities
§  Independent work

§  Team work

§  Literature search, data analysis and synthesis

§  Development of inductive reasoning

 

 

  1. COURSE CONTENT
The course involves study of:

§  Introduction to the Atmospheric Science

§  Composition and layering of the atmosphere

§  Solar and Terrestrial Radiation

§  Temperature

§  Atmospheric Pressure

§  Winds

§  Moisture in the atmosphere

§  Cloud formation

§  Forms of condensation and precipitation

§  Basic weather patterns

§  Climate classifications

§  The Mediterranean Climate

§  Extreme phenomena – Climate Change

 

  1. TEACHING AND LEARNING ASSESSMENT METHODS
DELIVERING METHOD In classroom, face-to-face
IT USE §  Power point, videos

§  e-class

 

TEACHING ORGANIZATION Activity Semester workload

 

Lectures 26
Laboratory courses 13
Team work
Independent study 86
Course total

(25-hour workload per credit unit)

125

 

STUDENT ASSESSMENT

 

In order to pass this course, the students must complete the following compulsory requirement:

·         Formal examination (final written examinations)

 

  1. PROPOSED LITERATURE
·       Εφαρμοσμένη Μετεωρολογία, Ευάγγελος Μπαλτάς, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ

·      Μαθήματα Γεωργικής Μετεωρολογίας και Κλιματολογίας, Αικατερίνη Χρονοπούλου-Σερέλη & Απόστολος Φλόκας, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ

·      Μαθήματα Μετεωρολογίας και Κλιματολογίας, Απόστολος Φλόκας, Εκδόσεις ΖΗΤΗ