Synoptikī kai Dynamikī Meteōrología
| Title | Συνοπτική και Δυναμική Μετεωρολογία / Synoptikī kai Dynamikī Meteōrología |
| Code | NGMCM101Υ |
| Faculty | Sciences |
| School | Geology |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600025522 |
Programme of Study: PMS METEŌROLOGIA, KLIMATOLOGIA KAI ATMOSFAIRIKO PERIVALLON 2024-2029
Registered students: 11
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600281679
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600281679
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=15407
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1) describe and interpret the various synoptic scale weather systems, their structure and life cycle.
2) describe and interpret the atmospheric dynamics.
3) draw and analyze (qualitatively and quantitatively) weather charts.
4) explain and interpet the meteorological conditions using weather charts and meteorological observations.
5) select and utilize the international scientific literature on meteorological systems of interest.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Be critical and self-critical
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction, air masses, fronts, cyclone, anticyclone, trough, ridge, synthesis and analysis of weather charts (surface and upper air).
Meteorological coordinate systems, Lagrangian and Eulerian Time Derivatives, equations of motion in the atmosphere, streamlines, trajectories, Coriolis force, scale analysis, geostrophic wind, gradient wind, cyclostrophic wind, continuity equation, divergence/convergence, thermal wind and temperature advection, vorticity and vorticity advection.
Vertical wind, quasi-geostrophic Omega equation, Sutcliffe form, vertical wind associated with synoptic systems (cyclones, jet streams).
Barotropic and baroclinic atmosphere, barotropic and baroclinic instability, energy diagram of Lorenz.
Potential vorticity, potential vorticity and diabatic processes, isentropic analysis, principles of potential vorticity, distribution of potential vorticity, applications, dynamic tropopause and anomalies of the dynamic tropopause.
Cyclogenesis, explosive cyclogenesis, types of cyclogenesis, self-development, case studies of cyclogenesis.
Analysis of the prevailing meteorological conditions.
Presentations on selected peer-reviewed articles from the international scientific literature by the postgraduate students.
Keywords
Weather systems, weather charts, meteorological observations, cyclogenesis, meteorological coordinate systems, equations of motion in the atmosphere, scale analysis, vorticity, potential vorticity, convergence, divergence, geostrophic wind, gradient wind, cyclostrophic wind, thermal wind, vertical wind, barotropic/baroclinic instability
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Bibliography
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
1) Powerpoint is used in all the lectures and all class material is available in electronic form to all students through the course web page (e-learning).
2) Use of computer is required to prepare and present homework. Retrieve meteorological information (e.g. weather charts, observations, satellite images) from the internet. The presentations are performed by the students using powerpoint.
3) The teacher communicates with the students through email, elearning & Zoom.
4) The class evaluation is performed through the Quality Assurance Unit (MO.DI.P.)
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 117 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 32 | ✓ | |||
| Exams | 4 | ✓ | |||
| Data retrieval and description of the prevailing weather conditions | 27 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 180 |
Student Assessment
Description
1. Written Examination with short or long answer questions and solution of exercises (90%) on topics taught at both theory and exercises.
2. Presentations on selected peer-reviewed articles from the international scientific literature (10%).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Oral Exams (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
- Presentation (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
- Bluestein H.B., 1993: Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes, Vol. II Observations and theory of weather systems. Oxford University Press
- Holton, 2004. An introduction to Dynamic Meteorology. Elsevier Academic Press.
- Martin J.E., 2006: Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics, A first course. Wiley
- Wallace and Hobbs, 2006. Atmospheric Science, An Introductory Survey. Academic Press.
- Ray, 1986. Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting. American Meteorological Society.
- Μακρογιάννης και Σαχσαμάνογλου, 2004. Μαθήματα Γενικής Μετεωρολογίας Εκδόσεις Χάρις ΕΠΕ.
- Κατσαφάδος Π. και Μαυροματίδης Η. 2015. Εισαγωγή στη φυσική της ατμόσφαιρας και την κλιματική αλλαγή. Κάλλιπος, Ανοικτές Ακαδημαϊκές Εκδόσεις. ISBN 978-960-603-053-6.
- Υλικό από το διαδίκτυο (ιστοσελίδες με εκπαιδευτικό υλικό, μετεωρολογικές παρατηρήσεις, χάρτες καιρού και προγνώσεις καιρού).
Last Update
22-08-2025
