Course content

GEF2220 builds GEF2500 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, applied to the atmosphere. The course covers the most important weather systems and common operational techniques for mapping and analyzing these systems.

Learning outcome

The student will obtain a fundamental knowledge of:

  • Elementary dynamic meteorology
  • Weather systems on the mesoscale, synoptic scale and planetary scale.
  • Analysis and interpretation of weather maps, cross-sections, soundings, radar and satellite images.

Admission

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Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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).

Recommended previous knowledge

Calculus, elementary atmospheric thermodynamics, and some knowledge of fluid mechanics, GEF2200 – Atmospheric physics (continued), MEK1300 – Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (discontinued), GEF2500 – Geophysical Fluid Mechanics (discontinued),

Overlapping courses

3 ECTS credits overlap with the previous GF 121, and 6 ECTS credits overlap with the previous GF 223.

Teaching

Lectures and exercises/colloquia, 4 hours per week. Six compulsory assignments must be completed and approved during the course in order to take the exam. Some of the compulsory assignments must be handed in and approved prior to the midterm exam in order to take the midterm exam.

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 Students who fail to meet, are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the Studies administration, email address: studieinfo@geo.uio.no