Code: mk3met1r02hx17-en
ECTS Credit Points: 2
Evaluation: official exam
Year, Semester: 3rd year, 1st semester
Its prerequisite(s): Meteorology I
Further courses are built on it: Yes/No
Number of teaching hours/week (lecture + practice): 2+3
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 II of the course covers the following main areas and give thorough information on:
Visibility, icing, air masses and fronts, documentation, weather and wind charts, area route climatology, flight hazards, meteorological information, metars, tafs, warning messages
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 Oxford 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: Climatology, Climatic zones, General circulation in the troposphere and lower stratosphere, Climatic classification Practice: Climatic classification examples | Lecture: Flight hazards, Inversions, Influence on aircraft performance, Stratospheric conditions, Influence on aircraft performance Practice: Aircraft performance influence examples |
| 3rd week | 10th week |
| Lecture: Climatology, Tropical climatology, Cause and development of tropical showers and thunderstorms: humidity, temperature, tropopause, Seasonal variations of weather and wind, typical synoptic situations Practice: Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), general seasonal movement, Monsoon, sandstorms, cold-air outbreaks, Easterly waves | Lecture: Flight hazards, Hazards in mountainous areas, Influence of terrain on clouds and precipitation, frontal passage, Vertical movements, mountain waves, wind shear, turbulence, ice accretion, Development and effect of valley inversions, Visibility-reducing phenomena Practice: Reduction of visibility caused by precipitation and obscurations, Reduction of visibility caused by other phenomena |
| 4th week | 11th week |
| Lecture: Climatology, Typical weather situations in the mid-latitudes, Westerly situation (westerlies), High-pressure area, Flat-pressure pattern, Cold-air pool (cold-air drop), Local winds and associated weather Practice: Foehn, Mistral, Bora, Scirocco, Ghibli and Khamsin, Harmattan | Lecture: Meteorological information, Observation, Surface observations, Radiosonde observations, Satellite observations, Weather-radar observations, Aircraft observations and reporting Practice: Airport meteorological center site visit |
| 5th week | 12th week |
| Lecture: Flight hazards, Icing, Conditions for ice accretion, Types of ice accretion, Hazards of ice accretion, avoidance, Turbulence, Effects on flight, avoidance, Clear-Air Turbulence (CAT): effects on flight, avoidance Practice: Case study, avoidance techniques | Lecture: Meteorological information, Weather charts, Significant weather charts, Surface charts, Upper-air charts Practice: Charts examples |
| 6th week | 13th week |
| Lecture: Flight hazards, Wind shear, Definition of wind shear, Weather conditions for wind shear, Effects on flight, avoidance Practice: Case study, avoidance techniques | Lecture: Meteorological information, Information for flight planning, Aviation weather messages, Meteorological broadcasts for aviation, Use of meteorological documents, Meteorological warnings Practice: Aviation weather messages examples |
| 7th week | 14th week |
| Lecture: Flight hazards, Thunderstorms, Conditions for and process of development, forecast, location, type specification, Structure of thunderstorms, life history, Electrical discharges, Development and effects of downbursts Practice: Thunderstorm avoidance, Tornadoes, Properties and occurrence | Lecture: Meteorological information, Meteorological services, World area forecast system and meteorological offices, International organisations Practice: Meteorological offices in operation |
| 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 with an official examination as set out in the regulations of 1178/2011/EU, Part-FCL.