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The students have an overview of the processes in the atmosphere that determine weather, climate and climate changes. They can describe and explain the basics of elementary mathematics and thus solve elementary mathematical problems in physics and atmospheric sciences.

Overview of the composition, processes and phenomena in the atmosphere, weather, climate and climate change

Lecture with lab problems, discussed in separate tutorial sessions

Multiple choice final exam. Each questions will come with 5 answers, of which 0-5 can be correct. They obtain points for correctly labeling the answers as true or false and deductions for incorrect answers.

Hakim, G., & Patoux, J. (2017). Weather: A Concise Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108264983Kraus H. 2004: Die Atmosphär e der Erde: Eine Einführung in die Meteorologie, Springer, 422S Klose B. 2008: Meteorologie, Eine interdisziplinäre Einführung in die Physik der Atmosphäre, Springer, 396S Malberg H. 2007: Meteorologie und Klimatologie, Eine Einführung, Springer, 395S Ahrens D. 2006: Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment: Workbook and Study Guide, Brooks/Cole, 230S Wallace J. M. and Hobbs P. V. 2006, Atmospheric Science, an introductory survey, Elsevier, 483S von Storch, Güss, Heinemann 1999: Das Klimasystem und seine Modellierung, Springer, 256S Stull, R. B., 2006: Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers: a technical companion book with Ahrens' Meteorology Today, Brooks/Cole, 502S. Curry, J. and Webster, P. 1999: Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Academic Press, 471S McGuffie K. and Henderson-Sellers A., 2005: A Climate Modelling Primer, John Wiley & Sons, 296S. Houghton J. 2009: Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, Cambridge Univ. Press, 456S Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007: Climate change 2007, Cambridge Univ. Press.

The lecture will be blocked with 2 sessions per week, such that the entire course can be completed by December (incl. 1st exam).