Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: ad a.: Students are able to derive the Navier-Stokes equations from the fundamental conservation laws (mass, momentum, and energy) and apply their simplifications to specific flow situations (e.g., incompressible, steady flows). They can explain atmospheric flow patterns using (potential) vorticity and its conservation.
ad b.: Students are able to explain the processes underlying weather systems in mid-latitudes, analyse past and current weather situations, and predict future weather from the hemispheric to the frontal scale using numerical and statistical weather forecast data.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: The students know the types and causes of atmospheric currents. They understand the physical principles underlying the description of atmospheric flows and can apply them to simple equilibrium flows. They know the meaning and description of rotation processes in the atmosphere.
The students understand the processes underlying the weather systems in mid-latitudes, can analyse past and current weather situations and predict future weather from the hemisphere to frontal scales using numerical and statistical weather forecast data.