AT111 : Introduction to Atmospheric Science

Department

Academic Program

Type

Compulsory

Credits

Prerequisite

Overview

The overall objectives of the rapporteur shall be written in the form of outputs to be acquired by the applicant after the successful completion of the course:· Introducing meteorology and its various branches with different characteristics, whether primary or applied.· Understand the components, percentage, and importance of the invasive and non-invasive atmosphere in the Earth's thermal equilibrium process and understand the four layers of the atmosphere with a focus on the near-surface troposphere.· Study different atmosphere elements such as atmospheric pressure, air density, temperature, and water vapor with an understanding of the thermal equilibrium process, daily temperature change extent, self-dry thermal attrition rate, and also self-saturated thermal attrition rate.· Knowledge of instability and instability in the atmosphere through the general theory of stability and also the relationship between the rate of thermal attrition of the rising air and the rate of thermal attrition of the prevailing atmosphere to the stability of the atmosphere. Geostrovic winds, downhill winds, and fog phenomena are also.

Intended learning outcomes

a. Knowledge and understanding:1. The student should describe the basic and applied branches of meteorology.2. The student should identify the gaseous and non-gaseous components of the atmosphere and enumerate the layers of the atmosphere from the earth’s surface to its end, with a description of the characteristics of each layer.3. The student will be familiar with the elements of the atmosphere and describe the characteristics of each element separately. The student also explains the thermal equilibrium process and the dry and saturated self-decreasing rates.4. The student should explain the relationship of the stability of the atmosphere or not to the rates of temperature decrease of the rising air and the ambient air. It also recognizes the characteristics of the elements of the atmosphere - wind and fog.B. Intellectual skills:1. That the student compares the functions of the different branches (basic and applied) of atmospheric science.2. The student should distinguish between the layers of the atmosphere in terms of thermal and physical properties, while analyzing its gaseous and non-gaseous composition.3. That the student relates the changes that occur in the elements of the atmosphere: atmospheric pressure, temperature, density and daily rates of change for each element. It also compares the dry autoenthalpy rate and the saturated autoenthalpy rate.4. To compare the circumstances of the occurrence of instability and states of stability in the atmosphere, and what is concluded from both cases, while studying the relationship to the elements of the atmosphere, wind and fog.C. Practical and professional skills:1. The student should perform extensive desk research that helps him understand what is happening in the atmosphere and distinguish between the functions of the basic and applied branches of meteorology.2. The student should store in his memory the characteristics of each layer of the atmosphere for use in practical applications.3. The student should use basic information from what he understood of the elements of the atmosphere and the different rates of temperature decrease to explain the continuous changes that occur in the atmosphere.4. The student clearly diagnoses the conditions of stability and instability in the atmosphere and the weather conditions that accompany them.D. General and transferable skills:1. The student should be able to use information technology to obtain multiple sources related to the branches of atmospheric science.2. The student should be able to think about the importance of different weather elements and link them to determine the type of local weather.3. The student should be able to communicate with the scientific authorities and global meteorological agencies, written and orally, in both Arabic and English, in order to understand the conditions of stability and instability in the atmosphere.

Teaching and learning methods

through lectures

Methods of assessments

Evaluation Number	Evaluation methods	Duration of evaluation	Evaluation Weight	Percentage	Date of evaluation (week)	Feedback
First evaluation	First half exam	One and a half hours	Section 1. 5	25 %	Week 6	-
Second evaluation	Second Half Exam	One and a half hours	Section 6. 10	25 %	Week 11	-
Final Evaluation	Final exam	2 hours	All Rapporteur	50 %	According to the final exam schedule	-
total			100 degrees	100%

:(References)

Reference Address	Publisher	Version	Author	Whereabouts
Meteorological	Book House - Egypt	2nd edition	Dr. Mohamed Ahmed AL sied	Section Library
Atmospheric Science	Academic Press, Inc. USA, 1977	1st edition	John M. Wallace Peter V. Hobbs	University Sales
General Meteorology	Academic Press, Inc. USA, 1983	4th edition	Bayers	Section Library

Course contents:

Week	Scientific topic	Number of hours	Lecture	Exercises	Independent Memory
1.	Meteorology, primary branches - branche The applied.	8	2	2	4
2.	The atmosphere - its properties, its components, its composition - layers of the atmosphere.	8	2	2	4
3.	Air Density-Calculating air density, changing air density at Earth's surface, changing air density with height. atmospheric pressure - change between atmospheric pressure and air weight, atmospheric pressure units,	8	2	2	4
4.	Daily change of atmospheric pressure, the effect of temperature on decreasing atmospheric pressure with height.	8	2	2	4
5.	Thermal equilibrium of the atmosphere and temperature distribution-heat sources, air temperature at the earth's surface,	8	2	2	4
6.	The difference of temperature at the Earth's surface between land and water, the effect of the cloud on the temperature at the Earth's surface, the daily change of air temperature	8	2	2	4
7.	The extent of daily temperature change, the rate of thermal attrition in the air, and the daily change in the rate of thermal attrition.	8	2	2	4
8.	Water vapor in Jo-properties and the effect of water vapor in the atmosphere-pressure water vapor, the effect of water vapor on air density, air saturation with water vapor, relative humidity,	8	2	2	4
9.	Dew Point Temperature, Mixing Ratio, Water Vapor Intensifies in Jo-Mahe, Condensation Intentions, Water Droplets Over Cooled	8	2	2	4
10.	Conditioning conditions of water vapour in the jet - air cooling by conduction, air cooling by blending, air self-cooling, dry self-attrition rate, saturated self-attrition rate, precipitation.	8	2	2	4
11.	Stability and instability in the atmosphere - general theory of stability, stability in the atmosphere	8	2	2	4
12.	Stability and thermal attrition rate of the prevailing atmosphere, dry self-attrition rate, saturated self-attrition rate, general rules of stability and instability in the atmosphere, weather conditions that accompany stability and instability in the atmosphere.	8	2	2	4
13.	Wind-Wind Geostrovic, Wind Downhill	8	2	2	4
14.	Fog-types fog, the effect of fog on vision	8	2	2	4

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