Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Climatology (17.URZP16)

Native organizations units: Department of Civil Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Disaster Risk Management and Fire Safety (Godina: 2, Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Upravljanje rizikom od katastrofalnih događaja i požara
Interdisciplinary	Yes
ECTS	4

Educational goal:

Work at a scientific level with natural science aspects of climate ? Assess likely biophysical consequences of climate ? Identify technological/natural science solutions to climate-related problems ? Communicate knowledge about the natural scientific consequences of climate change at an advanced level.

Educational outcome:

Acquired theoretical and applied knowledge on how climate and climate of the Earth system will provide an integrated mastering basis for monitoring, managing and forecasting of natural dynamic processes of the Earth climate, lessons learned will be applicable to the analysis and management of processes and phenomena in the atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere caused by climate and weather .

Course content:

This course examines how various components of the climate system--the atmosphere, ocean, land, and cryosphere--interact in determining its observed state. Covered topics: observations of the climate system; the earth's energy balance; atmospheric radiative transfer; the surface energy balance; the hydrologic cycle; atmospheric circulation and its relation to the energy balance; Introduction to the dynamic movement of spheres – sea currents and waves, winds, global circulation of atmosphere, global energy budget and climate, fundamentals of forming weather conditions, climatic change, role of oceans in global movements.

Teaching methods:

Classes are held in the form of interactive lectures and other forms of instruction. Lectures presents the theoretical part of the material accompanied by characteristic examples for easy understanding of the material. On other aspects of the teaching work tasks characteristic and deepens the exposed material. In addition to lectures, consultations are held regularly. Part of the material, which seems logical units, may be taken by tests during the teaching process. Exam score is based on: the results of colloquiums and written exam (combined tasks and theory), essay and oral exam.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Dr Marko Milosavljević	Klimatologija	1988	Naučna knjiga, Beograd	Serbian language
JOHN E. OLIVER	Encyclopedia of World Climatology	2005		English

Knowledge evaluation:

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	10.00
Practical part of the exam - tasks	No	Yes	20.00
Computer excersise defence	Yes	Yes	10.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00