Syllabus

Module 1: Monitoring Earth’s climate system, Earth’s radiation balance latitudinal and seasonal variation of insolation.
Module 2: Concepts of Atmospheric temperature and pressure, Global atmospheric circulation and impact on regional climates. Atmospheric Moisture, stability and instability conditions, ways of cloud formation, precipitation and their types, water balance.
Module 3: Air mass and characteristics, Climates dominated by air masses, Fronts and frontogenesis, Extra tropical cyclones..
Module 4: Climate classification - Koppen’s and Thornthwaite’s scheme of classification Climatic regions of the world climate of India and its classification
Module 5: Climate Change: Natural causes of climate change. Anthropogenic climate change and the future. Responding to climate change. Climate change and public policy.

To make students understand the Earth’s Climate System and feedback associated.

To examine the changes in the moisture and precipitation through dynamics.

To understand air masses and formation of weather patterns including fronts and extra-tropical cyclones

To classify global and regional climates based on meteorological parameters.
To analyse climate change factors, evaluate climate change responses, implement strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

Demonstrate understanding of Earth’s Climate System including radiation balance.
Describe atmospheric temperature, pressure, and global atmospheric circulation, and assess their impact on regional climates. Evaluate moisture stability and instability, cloud formation processes, precipitation types, and water balance.
Identify different air masses, their characteristics, and their role in weather patterns, including fronts and extra-tropical cyclones.
Apply Köppen’s and Thornthwaite’s climate classification schemes to classify global and Indian climatic regions.
Differentiate between natural and human-induced climate change, analyzing its implications on future climate scenarios. Evaluate various strategies and public policies for addressing climate change.

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Wallace and Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey. Academic press., 2nd Edition, Academic press, Elsevier , 2006

Singh C., Global warming and Climatology, Akansha publishing house, New Delhi, India , 2007

Lal, D.S., Climatology, Sharda Pustak Bhawan, Prayagraj , 2022