7410 (v.4) Weather Forecasting 101

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Weather measurements. Introduction to the atmosphere; solar radiation and the structure of the atmosphere. Atmospheric stability, evaporation, condensation and inversions. Storm development, thunderstorms and atmospheric electricity. Cloud forms and their recognition (slide set) and formation of rain. Motion and the general circulation of the atmosphere. Introduction to the dynamics of the atmosphere; forces, thermal wind, local weather; boundary layer meteorology, air pollution and sea breeze systems. Highs, lows and fronts. Visit to the Bureau of Meteorology. Further topics to be selected from tropical meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, climate change and global warming, weather satellites, technology and applications, cloud seeding and/or the originsof the ice ages.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010701 Atmospheric Sciences

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1				Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External