Atmospheric Environmental Sciences
| Numbering Code | U-AGR00 20003 LJ15 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture |
| Target Year | 2nd year students | Target Student | |
| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Fri.2 |
| Instructor name | NAKAMURA KIMIHITO (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
Knowledge of the atmospheric environment is not only relevant to environmental problems such as global warming and air quality deterioration, but also necessary for considering countermeasures for agricultural and meteorological disasters such as cold damage and drought that have a significant impact on agriculture. The concept of heat balance, which is the basis of global temperature formation, the atmospheric circulation that affects weather, and the meteorological disasters related to agriculture and their countermeasures will be described. In addition, a simple model for understanding the dynamics of atmospheric chemicals will be explained, and the basic concept of a method for modeling some phenomena will be learned. |
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| Course Goals | By understanding basic matters related to the atmosphere and meteorology, students acquire the ability to consider weather, greenhouse effect, extreme climate event, agricultural meteorological disasters, and dynamics of atmospheric chemicals. | ||
| Schedule and Contents |
Basically the lecture will be performed according to the following plan. However, there are cases where the order etc. is changed corresponding to the progression of the lecture. 1. Fundamentals of atmosphere 2. Global heat balance 3. Greenhouse effect and its modeling 4. Atmospheric flow and circulation 5. Formation of cloud and precipitation 6. Stability of atmosphere 7. Typhoons, fronts, local climate 8. Interactions of atmosphere and sea 9. Meteorological observations 10. Weather forecasting 11. Agricultural climate disasters and their countermeasures 12. Water management against agricultural climatic disasters 13. Dynamics of atmospheric chemicals 14. Modeling of atmospheric chemicals Final examination / Learning achievement evaluation 15. Feedback: Set a period and accept and answer questions from students |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
[Evaluation method] Final examination (60 marks) and Active participation/submissions (40 marks). [Evaluation criteria] The evaluation criteria and policies are in accordance with the "Evaluation Criteria and Policies" described in the Student Handbook of the Faculty of Agriculture for the relevant year. |
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| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | It is necessary to understand the content of the explanation by reviewing the distributed handouts by yourself and introduced some textbooks. | ||
