On Successful completion of the course Students will be able to:-
- Explain how the ocean circulation works, how it interacts with the climate system and Ocean atmosphere interaction.
- Understand Physical Properties of sea water and its distribution.
- Understand and explain Global Ocean Heat budget.
- Understand Ocean currents and water masses.
- Properly distinguish and describe wave, tide, Estuaries, Seiches, Internal waves and storm surges.
- Understand Oceanic data observing Instruments, its types, importance and data observation system.
Dear MHS-G2 students the course contained eight chapters, one laboratory
demonstration and one Computer base lab practices. For the laboratory demonstration and
computer base practice, I will try to make video and upload in to video folder
and will discuss via forum.
At the end of the course students will be able to:-
- Understand energy balance and the global climate system
- Distinguish general principles of atmospheric motion and global circulation
- Identify Tropical variability and its distribution
- Explain Tropical cyclone development, intensity, and extratropical transition
- Teacher: Amba Shalishe
Understand the role of the tropics as a part of general circulation.
- Describe and explain the development of convection in the tropics.
- Understand the structure and role of ITCZ, easterly waves etc
- Have a basic understanding of tropical climate.
- Understand and know weather systems affecting Ethiopia.
- Understand mesoscale systems in the tropics.
- Teacher: Yared Godine
Objectives of the course:
At the end of the course students will be able to:-
- Understand energy balance and the global climate system
- Distinguish general principles of atmospheric motion and global circulation
- Identify Tropical variability and its distribution
- Explain Tropical cyclone development, intensity, and extratropical transition
- Teacher: Amba Shalishe