Basic Meteorology and Climatology

Credits: 5
Semester: winter semester
Completion: exam
Language: English
Course guarantor: prof. Dr. Mgr. Vera Potopová

Students by the water on the green campus — Illustrative photo, FAPPZ CZU Prague

What the course is about

The course explains basic processes in the atmosphere, origin, role and depletion of the ozone layer, the concept of positive and negative climate feedbacks in the climate system and its component. Interactions of the global energy, water, and carbon cycles and their influence on general circulation are presented.

Credits, semester and duration according to the FAPPZ study plan 2026/2027. Annotation and guarantor according to the syllabus in the CZU course catalogue. The plan may change for the year you start.