ZeC005 Atmosphere and hydrosphere of the Earth

Faculty of Education
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Jiří Jakubínský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
The basic knowledge from the high school climatology and hydrology is assumed as satisfactory as well as basics from the terminology used in these subjects.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Meteorology, climatology, hydrology The goal of the subject is a complex characteristics of the atmosphere and hydrosphere, understanding the matter and energy transformations. The bonds between the elements of these two systems are emphasised. In meteorology, the emphasis is given on the mechanisms atmosphere movements, which influence weather forming. Climatology concentrates on the classification of the climate, its changes in the past and possible extrapolation in the future. Hydrology is partly included in meteorology teaching contents. The attention is given to spreading hydrosphere in the frame of landscape and the laws of its movements.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to: 1. Define air characteristics. 2. Define water characteristics. 3. Manage work with climatic and meteorological data. 4. Manage work with hydrological data. 5. Understand weather forecasts. 6. Understand the key challenges of climate change.
Syllabus
  • 1. Meteorolgy and climatology as sciences, effects creating climate, category of climate,
  • 2. Atmosphere - chemical and physical qualities of atmospere
  • 3. Solar radiation in the system of earth surface - atmospere
  • 4. The temperature and dampness of air, the changes by high and time
  • 5. Atmospheric pressure, the meassurement of pressure, barical field, barical gradient, preassure formations, wind
  • 6. Atmospheric fronts, air masses, types and exposures of atmospheric fronts
  • 7. The planetary circulation of atmosphere, the circulation of cirkulace tropic and nontropic latitudes
  • 8. Weather prognosis
  • 9. Climate classifications, Köppen and Alisov climate classification
  • 10. The changes and vacillation of climate, reasons and presumptions of the future evolution
  • 11. The definiton ans structure of hydrology, the resources and circulation of water on the Earth
  • 12. The units of measurement of water outflow, the water outflow form river-basin, the shape and development of the river net
  • 13. Regime of water states and flowages, the temperature terms and the ice phenomena of rivers
  • 14. The sorts of the subsurface waters
  • 15. The sorts of lakes, temperature terms and ice phenomena
  • 16. The world ocean, physical and chemical qualities of the ocean water
Literature
    required literature
  • NETOPIL, Rostislav, Rudolf BRÁZDIL and Jaromír DEMEK. Fyzická geografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 272 s. info
    recommended literature
  • DE BLIJ, Harm Jan, Peter O. MULLER and Richard S. WILLIAMS. Physical geography of the global environment. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004, xvii, 702. ISBN 0195160223. info
  • ALLEN, P. A. Earth surface processes. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997, xi, 404. ISBN 0632035072. info
  • DE BLIJ, Harm Jan and Peter O. MULLER. Physical geography of the global environment. 2nd ed. New York: John Willey and Sons, 1996, xviii, 599. ISBN 0471039179. info
Teaching methods
Lessons, discussion.
Assessment methods
intensive course, examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod.
Teacher's information
The course will be led by RNDr. Jiri Jakubinsky, PhD.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2022/ZeC005