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Learning Outcome: 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.

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Learning Outcome: The students master the basic concepts of analysis and can use them to solve problems in this area. They are able to work on similar content independently and can select suitable methods of differential and integral calculus in a variable to use them for solving problems in physics and atmospheric sciences.

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Learning Outcome: The students are able to describe the basics of classical physics (mechanics and thermodynamics) and can explain the associated concepts. They are able to transfer their knowledge and solve problems in mechanics and thermodynamics.

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Learning Outcome: The students master the basic terms of differential and integral calculus and integral theorems and can use these, including basic topological terms, to solve problems in analysis. They are able to work on similar content independently and can select suitable methods of analysis in several variables to use them for solving problems in physics and atmospheric sciences.

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Learning Outcome: The students are able to describe and apply simple mathematical methods of physics. In particular, they are able to use methods of probability theory, ordinary differential equations, Fourier series and to apply integral and vector analysis in linear spaces to problems in physics and atmospheric sciences and to work on similar content independently.

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Learning Outcome: The students can analyse the thermodynamic state of the atmosphere and know the life cycle of clouds. The students understand the basics of electromagnetic radiation and its interactions with the earth's atmosphere. They know the physical principles that determine the Earth's radiation budget and a selection of remote sensing methods for observing the Earth's atmosphere system. They can analyse and interpret respective data sets.

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Learning Outcome: The students have an overview knowledge in the field of statistics and are able to analyse, discuss and solve simple statistical problems and data analyses from different subject areas using suitable statistical software. Students can read and write programmes in any of the open source programming languages used in atmospheric science. They can install a programming environment with appropriate additional packages on their computer and thus solve scientific problems. Above all, they are able to independently expand and advance their programming skills.

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Learning Outcome: The students understand the meaning, role and life cycles of trace gases and aerosols in the atmosphere and their importance for the radiation budget of the atmosphere, cloud formation and air pollution. They can determine significant chemical reactions for this.

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Learning Outcome: The students know which processes on different spatial scales have a dominant influence on atmospheric currents. They understand the different modelling approaches for this and can explain the examples discussed. They are able to explain the predictability of the state of the atmosphere. The students understand the processes that drive the exchange of energy, mass and momentum between the earth's surface and the atmosphere within the planetary boundary layer. They know the different states of the planetary boundary layer and the role that different surface types and flow conditions play in it. They have a basic understanding of theoretical approaches and parameterisations. They can interpret measurements of the boundary layer. Students understand the processes that drive weather systems on the meso and convection scales. They can analyse current and past weather situations in these scales with the help of data from various measurement platforms and create forecasts.

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Learning Outcome: The students know the components of the climate system as well as their interactions and time scales. They understand the energy balance and the circulation of the atmosphere and the oceans and their variability. They can apply simple greenhouse models. The students understand the drivers and scales of climate change. They can evaluate proxy and measurement data to determine the changes and understand the structure, application and limits of climate models and the procedure for creating climate projections. Students know the properties and relative importance of the various components of the cryosphere and understand how they interact with the climate system. The students receive an introduction to simple glacier models and can analyse the simulated glacier behaviour. They can evaluate the importance of the cryospheric feedback on the oceans and the atmosphere.

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Learning Outcome: The students have knowledge and skills outside of the core areas of atmospheric sciences, with which they can solve complex and unpredictable problems in an interdisciplinary manner. They understand the challenges posed by climate change and resource scarcity and can apply, analyse and evaluate possible solutions. They have the skills to solve complex tasks in teams in a multilingual and cultural environment.