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Prerequisites for registration: none

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 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: Students know how meteorology works, they know the main phenomena and processes ad learn how to interpret the events of the weather and of climate. They also have overview knowledge of the main content of the study of atmospheric sciences and their development.

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Learning Outcome: Students understand the ways of thinking in meteorology; they know the most important phenomena and processes and learn to interpret the weather and climatic events. Students get an overview of the most important contents of the study field of atmospheric sciences and its further development.

Prerequisites for registration: none

Learning Outcome: Students know the fundamentals of the dynamics of the earth's climate system and understand the most important processes of the climate system as well as the role of cryosphere in the coupled earth system. They know the character of glaciers as climate sensors and water reservoir. They know how to apply this knowledge to concrete issue.

Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of compulsory module 1

Learning Outcome: Students develop their own research results, present an Auditorium and develop them further in scientific discourse.