MET 356 — SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS AND NOWCASTING
BSc BSc Meteorology and Climate Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Air mass analysis: Upper and mid-level humidity, Tephigrams; Local wind system: Thunderstorms and mesoscale convection systems, Analysis, prediction, nowcasting and observation of mesoscale weather, Interpretation of satellite and radar images, Nowcasting techniques under operational conditions; Definitions: ITD, Monsoon, African Easterly Jet (AEJ); Extratropical interactions and upper level analysis, African Easterly Wave (AEW) diagnostics, Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) forecasting techniques: Current tools; ECMWF and French model wind profiles and surface charts, Radiosondes; Satellite imagery, Climatology, Kelvin waves/Rossby waves, Teleconnections, ENSO, MJO
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 360 — CLIMATOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY II
- MATH 375 — NUMERICAL METHODS AND COMPUTATION II
- MET 353 — SATELLITE AND RADAR METEOROLOGY I
- MET 354 — SATELLITE AND RADAR METEOROLOGY II
- MET 355 — ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN DYNAMICS
- MET 357 — ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I
- MET 358 — ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II
- MET 359 — ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE FIELD WORK
- MET 360 — ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN CLIMATE PROCESSES
- MET 361 — TROPICAL METEOROLOGY
- MET 362 — ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- PHY 359 — MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS V
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