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Stratosphere - NMEX067
Title: Stratosféra
Guaranteed by: Student Affairs Department (32-STUD)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Is provided by: NMET067
Guarantor: prof. RNDr. Petr Pišoft, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : NMET067
Interchangeability : NMET067
Annotation -
Last update: T_KMOP (10.05.2011)
Climatological characteristics and structure of the stratosphere, annual cycle of meteorological variables in the stratosphere, sudden stratospheric warmings, ozone and its role in the atmosphere, (photo)chemical processes.
Aim of the course -
Last update: PISOFT/MFF.CUNI.CZ (09.04.2009)

The aim of the lessons is to describe asic structure and climatology of the stratosphere.

Course completion requirements - Czech
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Pišoft, Ph.D. (16.01.2024)

Zápočet je udělen za zpracování a prezentaci dvou stručných a jednoho rozsáhlejšího tématu. Zápočet lze opakovat. Účast na zkoušce není podmíněna udělením zápočtu.

Literature -
Last update: PISOFT/MFF.CUNI.CZ (09.04.2009)

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.

Teaching methods -
Last update: PISOFT/MFF.CUNI.CZ (09.04.2009)

Lectures in combination with consulted study of scientific literature.

Requirements to the exam - Czech
Last update: prof. RNDr. Petr Pišoft, Ph.D. (06.10.2017)

Zkouška je ústní, jsou položeny tři dotazy na témata probíraná během přednášek.

Syllabus -
Last update: PISOFT/MFF.CUNI.CZ (09.04.2009)

Basic structure of the stratosphere.

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

Seasonal features of circulation in the lower stratosphere; sudden stratospheric warmings and their impact on stratospheric processes; potential mechanism of sudden stratospheric warmings.

Role of the ozone in the stratosphere. Basics of the stratospheric ozone chemistry.

Stratosphere-troposphere mass exchange? principal role of tropical region; Brewer-Dobson circulation.

Entry requirements -
Last update: PISOFT/MFF.CUNI.CZ (03.04.2008)

The lecture registration is not conditioned by any way, knowledge of dynamic meteorology basics is assumed.

 
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