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Syllabus Page1 UG21T4406
Syllabus Page1 UG21T4406
SEMESTER -TV
uG 21 T4406
METEOROLOGY 80 Hrs
Objective: To impart Advanced lcnowledge of Marine Meteorolog/, which are required during day-to-
day Ship Operations.
I Climatology: 12 hrs -5
Wind and Pressure systems over the oceans; Mean Surface Pressure and
Wind distribution; Anabatic.and,Katabatic winds; Land and'sea.breezes;
Lo]ial,winds; Westerlies, Polar Easterlies, Monsoons, Doldrums and Inter-
tropical Convergence Zones;
General distrfuution of surface temperature, surface current, sea fog,
pattern of clouds; Dynamics of Lrdian monsoon; Seasonal weather &
climatic characteristics in India.