1
课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程检讨之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请联
系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
1.
课程名称
Course Title
Meteorology and climatology 气象气候学
2.
授课院系
Originating Department
School of Environmental Science and Engineering
3.
课程编号
Course Code
ESE315
4.
课程学分
Credit Value
3
5.
课程类别
Course Type
Major Core Courses
6.
授课学期
Semester
Fall
7.
授课语言
Teaching Language
English
8.
授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact（For team teaching,
please list all instructors）
9.
实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
To be announced
10.
选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
2
授课方式
Delivery Method
习题/辅导/讨论
Tutorials
实验/实习
Lab/Practical
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Please specify）
总学时
Total
11.
学时数
Credit Hours
3
0
0
48
12.
先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
Pre-requisite: Calculus, General Physics, Introduction to Earth Sciences
13.
后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this
course is a pre-requisite
N/A
14.
其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
N/A
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
15.
教学目标 Course Objectives
The basic objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of meteorology and climatology. Students
will be introduced to the physical laws that form the basis for our understanding of atmospheric processes. The physical
processes will be integrated to explain basic atmospheric phenomena. Knowledge of the physical laws and their
applications to meteorology will facilitate students’ comprehension of atmospheric processes that determine the weather
and climate.
16.
预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
The increased comprehension of important physical processes in meteorology and climatology will improve students’
ability to analyse and to forecast the state of the atmosphere and climate. It will enable students to understand more
clearly atmospheric phenomena on many temporal and spatial scales as well as climate change.
17.
课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
Contents（48 class hours）
1. Overall review on meteorology and climate, 2 class hours
Major tasks in meteorology and climate; climate system summary, including atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithoshpere,
biosphere, cryosphere; physical properties and general gas function
2. Radiation and energy balance, 4 class hours
Basic knowledge; solar radiation; insolation; radiation and energy balance
3. Temperature, 6 class hours
Difference of temperature increase and cooling between land and ocean; temperature increase and cooling in the
3
atmosphere (Non-adiabatic temperature process, adiabatic temperature process); temperature increase and cooling in
the atmosphere; atmosphere temperature change with time; atmosphere temperature change with time; spatial pattern
of atmosphere temperature
4. Condensation, stability, & cloud process, 4 class hours
Evaporation and condensation; condensation of water vapor on land surface (dew; frost, rime ice, frost, glaze, fog);
formation of clouds (condensation, collision and coalescence)
5. Precipitation,4 class hours
Precipitation types; precipitation physical processes; rainfall and precipitation; cloud classes; cloud seeding; global
distribution of precpitation
6. Air pressure & winds,6 class hours
Air pressure change with time and altitude; aire pressure field; horizontal and vertical air motion; general circulation
(major factors, spatial pattern and changes)
7. Air mass & fronts,4 class hours
Air mass classes; air mass movement; cold fronts; warm fronts;
8. Weather systems,6 class hours
Weather systems in middle and high latitudes; weather systems in low latitudes (subtropical and topical);convection
weather sytems (thunderstorm, squall line, tornado)
9. Weather forecasting,4 class hours
Definition of weather forecasting; major methods for weather forecasting; processes for numerical weather forecasting;
numerical weather forecasting accuracy
10. Climate and climatology,4 class hours
Radiations for climate formation; circulation for climate formation; land-ocean spatial pattern for climate formation;
topograhy and land surface impact on climate; cryoshpere and climate; climate zones and climate types; climate
classifications
11. Climate change and progress introduction,4 class hours
Paleclimate; major methods for investigating paleclimate; climate change; human activities impact on climate change;
latest studies on climate change.
18.
教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
Meteorology Today: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment, Eighth or Ninth ed., by C. Donald
Ahrens.
周淑贞主编：气象与气候学，第三版，高等教育出版社。
课程评估 ASSESSMENT
19.
评估形式
Type of
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
4
Assessment
出勤
Attendance
10%
课堂表现
Class
Performance
小测验
Quiz
课程项目
Projects
10%
平时作业
Assignments
20%
期中考试
Mid-Term Test
20%
期末考试
Final Exam
40%
期末报告
Final
Presentation
其它（可根据需要
改写以上评估方
式）
Others (The
above may be
modified as
necessary)
20.
记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
21.
本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority