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FYS141 Meteorology for Sustainable Development

Credits (ECTS):5

Course responsible:Mareile Astrid Wolff

Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås

Teaching language:Norsk

Course frequency:Odd years

Nominal workload:14 days in august block: 125 hours including lectures and exercises, excursion, self-study and exam preparation

Teaching and exam period:This course starts in the August block. This course has teaching/evaluation in the August block.

About this course

Meteorology, Weather and Climate in the planetary boundary layer. Energy budget and energy transport in the earth-atmosphere system: global and influenced by local conditions, i.e. natural landscapes vs artificial modified terrain such as urban areas, agriculture, renewable energy plants. Consequences of current and prospected changes of local and regional climates. Local air pollution and limiting measures. Sustainable urban development in a changing climate. Aspects of local climate for renewable energy sources as solar and wind.

This course replaces FYS160 - Local- and Micrometeorology

Learning outcome

  • Explain the terminology and theories covering the physical processes and phenomena typical of the atmospheric boundary layer.
  • Explain micro- and local meteorology/climate over various types of surfaces and topography
  • Explain how human modifications of the enviroment can affect local energy, water and momentum budgets in the atmospheric boundary layer, with examples from agriculture, cities and renewable energy plants
  • Know about typical air pollution sources and the role of local weather conditions on the development of air quality over time
  • Learning activities
    Lectures, exercises, excursion and self-study
  • Teaching support
    By appointment, the students will be able to meet with the lecturer outside of the teaching hours. Use of learningplatform Canvas for distribution of course information and learning resources
  • Prerequisites
    MATH100 and FYS100 or second year physics from upper secondary school.
  • Recommended prerequisites
    FYS101 and FYS102 or Fysikk 2 from upper secondary school and FYS 140
  • Assessment method
    Final written exam, lasting 3 hours.

    Written exam Grading: Letter grades
  • Examiner scheme
    The external and internal examiner jointly prepare the exam questions and the correction manual. The external examiner reviews the internal examiner's examination results by correcting a random sample of exams as a calibration according to the Department's guidelines for examination markings.
  • Notes

    The course is aimed at students who need knowledge about the atmospheric environment and how this knowledge can be applied to renewable energies, agriculture and forestry, nature management, ecology, area planning etc. for their further studies.

    The course will only be given if at least 15 students have signed up by the sign-up deadline.

  • Teaching hours
    Lectures: 13x2 hours= 26 hours. Exercises: 13x2 hours =26 hours + excursion
  • Reduction of credits
    5 credits overlap with FYS160
  • Admission requirements
    Special requirements in Science