Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
CLIMATOLOGY	UCOG127	1. Semester	4 + 0	4.0	5.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery	Expression-based question and answer method, enhanced presentation with graphics and drawings
Course Coordinator
Instructors	İhsan ÇİÇEK
Assistants
Goals	Climatology
Course Content	Introduce to tthe atmosphere. climatic elements, processes, understand their interaction, to discuss the impact of man
Learning Outcomes	1) Recognize the atmosphere with gases and layers 2) Queries aritmospheric processes 3) Discuss the results of the human impact on atmospheric systems. 4) The elements constituting the delicate balance between the atmosphere and the earth knows.

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	The concept of Climatology Meteorology	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	The atmosphere and its layers	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	Gases in the atmosphere	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Temperature and temperature factors	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Vertical temperature variation	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	Stability and instability	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	Inversion	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	The concept of the pressure and the pressure factors	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week	Structure of thermal and dynamic pressure	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Barostrophic balance	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week	Atmospheric circulation systems	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week	Seasonal winds, local winds	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week	Moisture in the atmosphere	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	Condensation and precipitation	Lecture	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Recommended Sources

C.D. Ahrens (2009) Essential of Meteorology, An Invitattiont to the Atmosphere Weather, Climate, and the Environment

C.D. Ahrens (2009) Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment

O. Erol (1991) Genel Klimatoloji

R.D. Thompson (2002) Atmospheric processes and systems

R.G. Barry, R.J. Chorley (2003) Atmosphere, weather, and climate

Measurement and Evaluation Methods and Techniques

Classic example

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
.	1	4	4
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	4	56
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	10	4	40
Midterm Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	3	3	9
Final Exam	1	1	1
Time to prepare for Final Exam	4	4	16
	1	3	3
	1	5	5
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30