MET 459 — TROPICAL CLIMATOLOGY
BSc BSc Meteorology and Climate Science · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
What is Climatology?: Introduction to global climatology: Hadley circulation, Jet streams; Special focus on West Africa, Seasonal cycles of global climate, Regional variations; Monsoons; Characteristics, Focus on West African Monsoon (WAM): Dry/wet season, Mechanisms, Interannual variability; ENSO and its global links; NAO; Factors controlling interannual variability over Africa: Local and remote SSTs, Soil moisture; Teleconnections; Intraseasonal variability: MJO, Intraseasonal effects on WAM; Observations (past and future); Climatology aiding forecasting – ‘seamless’ weather and climate prediction
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- GEOG 463 — ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT I
- MET 451 — AVIATION METEOROLOGY
- MET 452 — PREDICTION OF TROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEMS
- MET 453 — CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION/DISPERSION METEOROLOGY
- MET 454 — STATISTICAL CLIMATOLOGY
- MET 455 — PROJECT I
- MET 456 — PROJECT II
- MET 457 — CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE, POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
- MET 458 — AGROMETEOROLOGY
- MET 462 — BIOMETEOROLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH
- MGT 471 — PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT I
- MGT 472 — PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT I
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