Program Overview

University Program Information

Course Description

The University program is offered by Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics. The course ID is 2-UFY-220/00, and the course title is Astronomy and Meteorology.

Educational Details

• Academic Year: Not specified
• Course ID: 2-UFY-220/00
• Course Title: Astronomy and Meteorology
• Educational Activities: 2 lectures / 1 practical
• Credits: 4
• Recommended Semester: muMAFY Teaching Mathematics and Physics 2/L, muFYIN Teaching Physics and Computer Science 2/L, muFYIN/k Teaching Physics and Computer Science (Conversion Programme) 2/L, muMAFY/k Teaching Mathematics and Physics (Conversion Programme) 2/L
• Educational Level: II

Course Requirements

• Required Prerequisites: Not specified
• Course Requirements: Continuous assessment: tests (2x30 marks), discussions (4x10 marks)
• Indicative Assessment:
  • A: 100-90%
  • B: 90-80%
  • C: 80-70%
  • D: 70-60%
  • E: 60-50%
• Weight of Work: 100% during semester, 0% final exam

Learning Outcomes

Students will know the basic concepts in astronomy, the origin and development of individual cosmic bodies and structures, an explanation of the physical nature of atmospheric processes and processes taking place in the air, which create weather and climate, acquaintance with methods of forecasting synoptic situations and weather conditions.

Syllabus

• History of astronomy
• Spherical astronomy (coordinate systems, stellar aberration, parallax, refraction)
• Solar system (Sun, planets, dwarf planets, comets, asteroids, meteors)
• Origin and evolution of stars (Jeans critical mass, H-R diagram, nucleogenesis of elements, final evolution stages of stars)
• Galactic astronomy
• Cosmology
• Subject of meteorology
• Basic conceptions
• Role and organization of meteorological service
• Basic meteorological elements and instrumentation of meteorological station
• State equation
• Principal statics equation
• Barometric formula
• Condensation and sublimation of water vapour
• Adiabatic and pseudoadiabatic phenomenons
• Thermal stratification
• General circulation
• Air masses
• Atmospheric fronts
• Pressure systems
• Weather predictions
• Human influence on climate

Recommended Literature

• Vanýsek V. 1980, Základy astronómie a astrofyziky, Academia Praha
• Beatty J. K., Petersen C. C., Chaikin A. eds.: 1999, The New Solar System, Sky Publ. Corp. and Cambridge Univ. Press
• Netopil, R. a kol.: Fysická geografie 1. SPN, Praha, 1984, 272 s.
• Zverev, A. S.: Synoptická meteorológia. Alfa, Bratislava, 1986, 711 s.
• Munzar, J. a kol.: Malý prvodce meteorologií. Praha, 1989, 248 s.
• Bedná, J.: Meteorologie. Portál, s.r.o., Praha, 2003, 224 s., ISBN
• Glossary of meteorology. Second edition. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 2000, 855 s., ISBN

Languages Required

• Slovak
• English

Notes

• Grade Overview:
  • A: 86.46%
  • B: 9.38%
  • C: 4.17%
  • D: 0.0%
  • E: 0.0%
  • FX: 0.0%
• Total Number of Assigned Grades: 96

Lecturers

• RNDr. Marián Melo, PhD. (lecturer)
• prof. RNDr. Juraj Tóth, PhD. (lecturer)

Last Change

• 10.11.2024