Code: mk3met1r02hx17-en
ECTS Credit Points: 2
Evaluation: mid-semester grade
Year, Semester: 2nd year, 2nd semester
Its prerequisite(s): -
Further courses are built on it: Yes/No
Number of teaching hours/week (lecture + practice): 1+2
Topics:
The course (Part I and II together) teaches the basic knowledge of Meteorology to demonstrate a level that grants a succesfull authority exam according to FCL.515 ATPL - Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations.
Part I of the course covers the following main areas and give thorough information on:
The atmosphere, pressure, density, pressure systems, synoptic charts, altimetry, temperature, humidity, adiabatics and stability, turbulence, wind, thermodynamics, clouds and fog, precipitation
By conducting both Part of the course the student will have the knowledge recommended by the EU legislation (AMC1 FCL.310; FCL.515 (b); FCL.615 (b) and will understand the complex knowledge of meteorological conditions, different atmospheric structure and activities.
Learning Objectives (LOs) published by the European Comission are used when developing the Part-FCL theoretical knowledge elements of the course.
The course is aimed to contribute to the achievement of safe flight during their proposed pilot career. It is crucial that a pilot could be able to recognize the hazard and apply for the well-known procedures in this matter during a flight.
Literature:
Compulsory:
- Cae Oxfor Aviation Academy(UK), Meteorology, 2015, Isbn szám: 978 1 90620 272 9
- Sándor Valéria-Wantuch Ferenc, Repülésmeteorológia, 2005, Isbn szám: 963 7702 91 1
| 1st week | 8th week |
|---|---|
| Registration week | 1st drawing week |
| 2nd week | 9th week |
| Lecture: The Atmosphere, Composition, extent, vertical division of the atmosphere, Air temperature, Definition and units, Vertical distribution of temperature, Transfer of heat, ICAO Standard Atmosphere (ISA), Altimetry, Terminology and definitions, Altimeter settings, Calculations, Effect of accelerated airflow due to topography Practice: Calculation examples | Lecture: Clouds and fog, Fog, mist, haze, General aspects, Radiation fog, Advection fog, Steam fog, Frontal fog, Orographic fog (hill fog) Practice: Case studies on clouds and fog |
| 3rd week | 10th week |
| Lecture: Wind, Definition and measurement of wind, Primary cause of wind, pressure gradient, Coriolis force, gradient wind, Variation of wind in the friction layer, Effects of convergence and divergence, General global circulation Practice: Wind gradient calculations | Lecture: Precipitation, Development of precipitation, Types of precipitation, relationship with cloud types Practice: Airport meteorological center site visit |
| 4th week | 11th week |
| Lecture: Wind, Local winds, Anabatic and katabatic winds, mountain and valley winds, Venturi effects, land and sea breezes, Mountain waves (standing waves, lee waves), Origin and characteristics Practice: Case studies on wind | Lecture: Air masses and fronts, Air masses, Description, classification and source regions of air masses, Modifications of air masses Practice: Case studies on air masses and fronts |
| 5th week | 12th week |
| Lecture: Wind, Turbulence, Description and types, Formation and location of turbulence, Clear-Air Turbulence (CAT): Description, cause and location, Jet streams, Description, Formation and properties of jet streams, Location of jet streams and associated CAT areas, Jet stream recognition Practice: Case studies on wind | Lecture: Air masses and fronts, Fronts, General aspects, Warm front, Cold front, Warm sector associated clouds and weather, Weather behind the cold front Practice: Case studies on air masses and fronts |
| 6th week | 13th week |
| Lecture: Thermodynamics, Humidity, Water vapour in the atmosphere, Mixing ratio, Temperature/dew point, relative humidity, Change of state of aggregation, Condensation, evaporation, sublimation, freezing and melting, latent heat, Adiabatic processes, Adiabatic processes, stability of the atmosphere Practice: Case studies on thermodynamics | Lecture: Air masses and fronts, Occlusions, associated clouds and weather, Stationary front, associated clouds and weather, Movement of fronts and pressure systems, life cycle, Changes of meteorological elements at a frontal wave Practice: Case studies on air masses and fronts |
| 7th week | 14th week |
| Lecture: Clouds and fog, Cloud formation and description, Cloud types and cloud classification, Influence of inversions on cloud development, Flying conditions in each cloud type Practice: Classification examples | Lecture: Pressure systems, principal pressure areas, Location of the principal pressure areas, Anticyclone, types, general properties, cold and warm anticyclones, ridges and wedges, subsidence, Non-frontal depressions, Thermal, orographic, polar and secondary depressions; troughs, Tropical revolving storms, Practice: Case studies on storms |
| 15th week | |
| 2nd drawing week |
Requirements
A, for a signature:
Attendance at lectures is recommended, but not compulsory. Participation at practice classes is compulsory. A student must attend the practice classes and may not miss more than three times during the semester. In case a student does so, the subject will not be signed and the student must repeat the course. A student can’t make up any practice with another group. Attendance at practice classes will be recorded by the practice leader. Being late is equivalent with an absence. In case of further absences, a medical certificate needs to be presented. Missed practice classes should be made up for at a later date, to be discussed with the tutor.
B, for grade:
The course ends in mid-semester grade based on the assessment of the instructor.