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Stratosphere and Mesosphere - NMET510

Title:	Stratosféra a mezosféra
Guaranteed by:	Department of Atmospheric Physics (32-KFA)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2021
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech, English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time

Guarantor:	RNDr. Jan Laštovička, DrSc.
Class:	DS, meteorologie a klimatologie
Classification:	Physics > Meteorology and Climatology

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Annotation -

Last update: T_KMOP (09.05.2004)

Basic structure of the stratosphere and mesosphere, stratosphere-troposphere exchange

Aim of the course -

Last update: T_KMOP (04.04.2008)

To make students familiar with recent progress in the stratosphere and mesosphere. As the upper boundary of prediction models is increasing (ALADIN in the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute ~30 km, MetOffice experimentally already in the mesosphere), the request on knowledge of the upper atmosphere is increasing.

Course completion requirements - Czech

Last update: doc. Mgr. Jiří Mikšovský, Ph.D. (19.10.2017)

Ústní zkouška v rozsahu témat daných sylabem.

Literature - Czech

Last update: T_KMOP (09.05.2004)

K. Labitzke, H. van Loon: The Stratosphere. Springer, Berlin, 1999.

A. Dessler: The Chemistry and Physics of Stratospheric Ozone. Academic Press, San Diego, 2000.

E. Lippert a kol.: Ozonová vrstva Země. Vesmír, Praha, 1995.

D.G. Andrews, J.R. Holton, C.B. Leovy: Middle Atmosphere Dynamics. Academic Press, Orlando, 1987.

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Last update: doc. Mgr. Jiří Mikšovský, Ph.D. (19.10.2017)

Ústní zkouška v rozsahu témat daných sylabem.

Syllabus -

Last update: T_KMOP (09.05.2004)

Basic structure of the stratosphere and mesosphere

Temperature, geopotential and wind fields in the stratosphere and mesosphere and their seasonal differences.

Seasonal features of circulation in the lower stratosphere, sudden warmings in the stratosphere and their impact on stratospheric and mesospheric processes, possible mechanisms of sudden stratospheric warmings.

Ozone and water vapour and their role in the stratosphere and mesosphere.

Stratosphere-troposphere exchange - principal role of tropical region, Brewer-Dobson circulation.

Role of waves (planetary, gravity and tidal waves) in the stratosphere-mesosphere system.

Long-term trends in the stratosphere and mesosphere, particularly in ozone content and temperature, their origin (anthropogenic ozone depletion, greenhouse cooling - yes, cooling), and impact on climate.