See what is mentioned here about prerequisites. Material covered in the readings will be tested in exercises and exams. Formal assessment includes a Mid-Term Exam and a Final Exam. Both these examinations are comprehensive and cover the entire course material up to that date, from lectures, exercises and readings.
Old exams are available as a guide to exam preparation.
Students will be able to acquire the basic skills used in meteorology and climatology. T he atmosphere is the air we breathe, that carries the sound waves of our communication, that filters the sunlight to make life as we know it possible. To know the atmosphere, its behavior, its influence on our daily life, and its sensitivity to our actions, is the most essential step towards taking proper care of it. The quality of the atmosphere we live in is increasingly dependent on the kind of legislative decisions we take and on the kind of products each of us buys and uses. This course thrives to lay a scientific foundation for those decisions that we are all confronted with.