GEO2310 – Meteorology

When you have taken this course, you will have

• knowledge about the static stability in the atmosphere, and its relevance to convection and clouds
• insight into how short- and long-wave radiation interacts with the atmosphere, and the relevance of this for optical phenomena, the greenhouse effect and remote sensing
• insight into the theory of cloud formation in the atmosphere and the process of precipitation
• a mathematical and physical understanding of the concepts geostrophic wind, thermal wind, and how wind strength decreases near the ground through friction
• insight into how natural and anthropogenic drivers affect the Earth’s climate

In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:

• Mathematics R1 (or Mathematics S1 and S2) + R2

And in addition one of these:

• Physics (1+2)
• Chemistry (1+2)
• Biology (1+2)
• Information technology (1+2)
• Geosciences (1+2)
• Technology and theories of research (1+2)

The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies(in Norwegian).

• GEO2300 – Geophysical Modelling with Python

The course includes a compulsory field course and excursions. A health-and-safety course for safety in the field must be passed before you can go on these:

• HMS0504 – Field Safety

• MEK1100 – Vector Calculus
• FYS-MEK1110 – Mechanics (discontinued)

Lectures and colloquia/groups, 4 hours per week.

There are 2-4 compulsory exercises during the course, accompanied by compulsory assignments, which must be approved prior to the final examination.

A compulsory 3-day field course. A field report must be written and approved before taking the final examination.

Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the course responsible.

We reserve the right to change the teaching form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

General information about excursions at the Department of Geosciences

• 2-4 compulsory assignments and a field report must be approved before sitting the written examination for the course.
• An oral midterm examination counts 30% towards the final grade.
• A final written examination counts 70% towards the final grade.
• All the component parts have to be passed separately in order to pass the course.

Mandatory assignments are valid for 5 semesters starting from the semester they were approved the first time.

It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:

• GEF2200 – Atmospheric physics (continued)
• GF121

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.