The general objectives of the course are written in the form of outputs that the student is supposed to acquire after successfully completing the course:- Introducing meteorology and its many branches with different characteristics, whether basic or applied.- Understanding the gaseous and non-gaseous components of the atmosphere, their percentage, and their importance in the process of the Earth's thermal balance, and understanding the four layers of the atmosphere, with a focus on the troposphere layer close to the Earth's surface.- Study the various elements of the atmosphere such as: atmospheric pressure, air density, temperature, water vapor with an understanding of the process of thermal equilibrium, the extent of daily change in temperature, the rate of dry self-enthalpy and also the rate of saturated autoenthalpy.- Knowledge of the stability and instability of the atmosphere through the general theory of stability and also the relationship of the rate of thermal decrease of the rising air and the rate of thermal decrease of the prevailing atmosphere with the stability of the atmosphere. Geostrophic winds, downhill winds, and the fog phenomenon.
