GEO9922 – Cloud Physics
Course description
Course content
This course gives an introduction to cloud physics and covers the following topics: condensation, droplets, collision and coalescence, ice crystals, air mixing, and convection. The course also covers precipitation, weather radar, thunderstorms and hail, and teaches you to use numerical cloud models to understand and explore relevant problems in meteorology.
Learning outcome
After taking this course, you will be able to
- describe the key processes related to clouds and precipitation
- discuss the impact and relevance of changes to cloud formation and precipitation
- use numerical models to understand and explore central processes in cloud physics
- perform relevant meteorological analysis and present your findings to fellow students
- get experience in presenting relevant articles/books in the subject field at seminars
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
Recommended previous knowledge
- basic knowledge of atmospheric thermodynamics and cloud physics
- GEO2310 – Meteorology /?GEF2200 – Atmospheric physics (continued)
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with GEF4310 – Cloud physics (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with GEO4922 – Cloud Physics (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with GEF9310 – Cloud Physics (continued).
- 7 credits overlap with GEO4928 – Clouds and Chemistry.
- 7 credits overlap with GEO9928 – Clouds and Chemistry.
Teaching
Approximately 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of exercises/colloquia per week. Seminars where students will present relevant articles/books. The course has mandatory assignments, which have to be approved before the final examination.
Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the Student?administration (studieinfo@geo.uio.no).
We reserve the right to change the teaching?form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.
Examination
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All mandatory activities (assignments and presentations) must be approved before you sit the final examination.
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A written midterm examination counts 1/3 towards the final grade.
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A final oral examination counts 2/3 towards the final grade.
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Both the written midterm examination and the final oral examination must be?passed separately?in order to pass the course.
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
In this course any written exam questions or assignment questions may be available in English only.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.