MN-GM-METFPR
| Study course: | M.Sc. Physics of Earth and Atmosphere | |||
| Module: | MN-GM-METFPR | |||
| Title | Advanced Meteorological Lab (Meteorologisches Fortgeschrittenen-Praktikum) | |||
| Module Number | Workload | CP | Duration | Semester |
| MN-GM-METFPR | 180 h | 6 | 1 Semester | ST |
| Person in Charge | S. Crewell & U. Löhnert |
| Offering Department | Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, Cologne University |
| Applicability | Course of Study | Category | Semester | ||
| M.Sc. Physics of Earth and Atmosphere | Compulsory for main focus meteorology | 2 | |||
| Aims | The students will get acquainted with handling advanced meteorological measurements systems, typical errors and with performing the respective data analysis for small research projects. | |||
| Skills | Independent performance and analysis of meteorological measurements, knowledge on the different types of error sources, experience in data analysis and programming | |||
| Content | The students will learn how to perform and analyse advanced meteorological field measurements. Data analysis will be dedicated to a small research project that likely contains calibration and validation activities. If possible the work will be connected to an international field experiment. Before the field measurements take place the students will perform a literature survey and present their project in a seminar presentation. Example topics for the research projects are airborne meteorology, microwave radiometry, radar meteorology, eddy covariance measurements and vertical soundings. | |||
| Prerequisites | Basics in mathematics, physics (mandatory) | |||
| Lectures | Form, Theme | Max. of Participants | h/week | workload | CP |
Seminar Practical Work | 20 | 1 2 | 60 120 | 3 3 |
| Examinations | Form of testing and examination | Graded or not |
| Written report | Graded | |
| Requirements | Successful seminar presentation | not graded |
| Miscellaneous | Recommended literature: Fred V. Brock, Scott J. Richardson, 2001: Meteorological Measurement Systems, Oxford University press. Further literature depending on specialization for example: Janssen, M. A., Atmospheric Remote Sensing by Microwave Radiometry. John Wiley, New York, 1993. Foken, Th.: Angewandte Meteorologie, Mikrometeorol. Methoden, Springer, 2003.
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