OCG 315 METEOROLOGY AND OCEAN FORECASTING

3 Hours/Week, 3 Credits

1. Introduction to Meteorology: The causes of weather, Raw materials of weather studies. 2. Air-Mass: Properties and types, Clouds as Air-Mass characteristics, Different geographic Air-Masses (Tropic to polar). 3. Atmospheric Circulation: Pressure and winds, Forces of balance, The Mechanisms of lows and highs, Thermal system, early circulation model. 4. Fronts and Frontal Disturbances: Air Mass boundaries, Active and Inactive Fronts, Warm and Cold Fronts, Depression weather. 5. World Weather Types: Equatorial, Tropical, Desert, Mediterranean, Temperate and Polar weather. Tropical Monson weather and tropical cyclone. 6. The Processing of Weather Information: Weather station devices, weather station at sea, weather information from the satellite. 7. Weather Forecasting: Conventional forecasting methods, Numerical models, Cyclone forecasting and warning system. 8. Tropical Meteorology: Data sources (Oceanographic data, Satellite data, weather data, radar data); Pressure and winds; Temperature and water vapor; Clouds and rainfall. 9. Climatology of Bangladesh and Adjacent Bay of Bengal: Physical features, seasonality of pressure, temperature, winds, humidity, rainfall, cyclonic storms and depressions, etc. 10. Tropical Meteorology: data sources (Oceanographic data, Satellite data, weather data, radar data); Pressure and winds; Temperature and water vapor; Clouds and rainfall and etc. 11. Ocean Forecasts: Tools, techniques and models. Recommended Books 1. The Atmosphere and Ocean: A physical Introduction by Neil C. Wells 2. Weather: An Introductory Meteorology by W.G. Kendrew 3. Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text by John Marshall and R. Alan Plumb