Climatology and Meteorology detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Environmental Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of climatology and meteorology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
EARTH’S CLIMATE SYSTEM Introduction- Climate in the spotlight- The Earth”s Climate Machine- Climate Classification-Global Wind Systems- Trade Winds and the Hadley Cell- The Westerlies- Cloud Formation and Monsoon Rains- Storms and Hurricanes- The Hydrological Cycle- Global Ocean Circulation- EI Nino and its Effect- Solar Radiation- The Earth”s Natural Green House EffectGreen House Gases and Global Warming- Carbon Cycle.
Unit II
OBSERED CHANGES AND ITS CAUSES Observation of Climate Change- Changes in patterns of temperature- Precipitation and sea level rise- Observed effects of Climate Changes- Patterns of Large scale Variability- Drivers of Climate change- Climate Sensitivity and Feedbacks- The Montreal Protocol- UNFCCC-IPCC- Evidences of changes in Climate and Environment- On a Global Scale and in Indian.
Unit III
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Unit IV
METEOROLOGY Importance of the atmosphere- composition of atmosphere Regions and Stratification of atmosphere- Energy transfer in the atmosphere- Atmosphere mass transfer- Meteorology and weather meteorological parameters- Inversion and air pollution- Microclimate- Global aspect of Weather and Climate.
Unit V
PLUME BEHAVIOR AND POLLUTANT DISPERSION Temperature Lapse rate- Atmospheric stability- Maximum Mixing Depth- Ventilation Coefficient- Meteorology influence on Plume Behavior- Effect of topography on Pollutant dispersion- Effect of air pollutants on meteorology- Effective stack height- Gaussian plume model.
Course Outcomes:
The students completing the course will have ability to
- Understand earth’s climate system
- describe the pattern of changes in climate
- Understand the impacts of climate change
- Understand meteorology and weather meteorological parameters
- predict plume behavior and pollutant dispersion
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Jan C. van Dam, Impacts of “Climate Change and Climate Variability on Hydrological Regimes”, Cambridge University Press 2003
- Dash Sushil Kumar, “Climate Change – An Indian Perspective”,Cambridge University Press Indian Pvt.Ltd, 2007
- Anjaneyulu.Y „Air pollution and Control Technology” Allied Publishers (P) Ltd, India 2002.
- IPCC, Fourth Assessment Report- the AR4 synthesis report.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Environmental Engineering 5th Sem, visit Env 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Environmental Engineering results, visit Anna University Env all semester results direct link.