Description:

Climatic zones, tropical climatology, meteorological situation of mid-latitudes. Icing, turbulence, wind shear, thunderstorms, tornadoes, flying in the stratosphere, mountain areas, reducing visibility phenomena. Observation, weather maps, important information for flight planning.

Recommended literature:

Jeppessen: 050 Meteorology
Annex 3 ?Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation
Peter. F Lester ? Aviation Meteorology

Keywords:

Climatology, dangerous phenomena for aviation, meteorological information.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar