B.Sc. Meteo­ro­lo­gy

In the first two semes­ters, the modules “Intro­duc­tion to Meteo­ro­lo­gy” and “Intro­duc­tion to Clima­to­lo­gy” offer a first overview of the topics within meteo­ro­lo­gy. The largest part of the contents can be found in the later modules. In “Theore­ti­cal Meteo­ro­lo­gy 1 and 2” mathe­ma­ti­cal topics as well as the princi­ples of dynamics and thermo­dy­na­mics and the essen­ti­al meteo­ro­lo­gi­cal equati­ons are taught. The knowledge acqui­red in the third semes­ter in the field of statis­tics is useful for further studies. In additi­on, “Synop­tics” in this semes­ter deals with topics such as the forma­ti­on of a low pressu­re area and fronts. With the fourth semes­ter, the mathe­ma­ti­cal and physi­cal basics for the study have alrea­dy been laid, so that meteo­ro­lo­gy comes more to the fore. Highlights are the “Meteo­ro­lo­gi­cal Working Methods”, in which meteo­ro­lo­gi­cal quanti­ties are measu­red independent­ly and meteo­ro­lo­gi­cal sensors are calibra­ted. The same module also teaches the basics of scien­ti­fic work. These basics are applied in the seminar lectures of the follo­wing semes­ter. In these lectures a concre­te questi­on is worked on with the help of scien­ti­fic litera­tu­re under guidance of a scien­tist at the insti­tu­te. Also in the fifth semes­ter the “Weather Discus­sion” takes place, where students give a forecast for the weekend weather every Thurs­day. As part of the “Meteo­ro­lo­gi­cal Field Measu­rements” in the sixth semes­ter in Zingst, conti­nuous measu­rements within the atmos­phe­ric bounda­ry layer are carri­ed out over a period of two weeks.