Course - Atmospheric Physics and Climate Change - FY3201
FY3201 - Atmospheric Physics and Climate Change
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Passed / Not Passed
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School exam | 100/100 | 4 hours | C |
Course content
The IPCC has published reports about the changing climate. The course discusses the physics that we need to understand climate changes, the composition of the atmosphere and its structure, thermodynamic processes, and atmospheric stability. The course continues with a discussion of transmission of solar and heat radiation, especially its dependency on aerosols, clouds and other variable components, as well as the consequences of climate change and prevailing discourse on this topic.
This course is available to civil engineering students as a complementary course (K-emne). It is available to MTFYMA, MSPHYS and MLREAL as an ordinary physics course.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, students should be able to:
- Apply fundamental principles of physics to understand fundamental atmospheric and climate-change processes.
- Have insight into the methods that are used in predictive models for weather and atmospheric climate change.
- Be familiar with thermodynamic concepts for atmospheres with and without water vapour.
- Understand the processes behind aerosols, clouds and precipitation, and how particles and clouds affect solar radiation in the atmosphere.
- Find and analyse data from extreme weather events.
- Develop the radiative transfer equation in a plane-parallel atmosphere, accounting for absorption and emission of longwave radiation and the absorption and scattering of shortwave radiation in cloudy and cloud-free atmospheres.
- Describe principles from radiative transport to understand remote sensing measurements from satellites.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, miniprojects and exercises. Expected workload in the course is 225 hours.
Further on evaluation
Written final exam. The re-sit examination (in May) may be changed from written school exam to oral.
Recommended previous knowledge
Basic knowledge in physics and mathematics.
Course materials
To be announced at the beginning of the semester.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| MNFFY321 | 7.5 | ||
| FY8902 | 7.5 | AUTUMN 2010 |
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Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2024
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
- Energy- and Environmental Physics
- Physics
Examination
Examination arrangement: School exam
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD School exam 100/100 C INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates - Spring UTS School exam 100/100 C INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"