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Course Name	Turkish	Havacılık Meteorolijisi
	English	AERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGY
Course Code	MTO 438	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Şükran Sibel Menteş
Course Objectives		Meteorological Engineering students will gain and learn air movements, meteorological events, aviation risks, weather forecast, several meteorological reports used in aviation, planing and brifing, ability to design aerodrome.
Course Description		Introduction. Some meteorological definitions used in aviation. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard atmosphere, pressure and pressure measurement in aviation (QFE, QNH, QNE values, altimeters). Actual weather report and weather forecast in aviation (Metar, Speci, Taf). Importance of wind speed and direction on the aerodrome. Clear air turbulence detection and prediction. Upper air AIRMET reports and GAMET field estimation reports. Importance of jet stream in aviation. Icing in aviation. Volcanic eruptions and Contrails in aviation. Analysis of meteorological visibility and fog. Sigmet and SWC reports. Flying in front, emergency reports, early warning systems. The design of flight planning between two airports for different atmospheric conditions based on ICAO rules and standarts. The design of aerodrome location and runways according to the different meteorological parameters and devices based on ICAO standards.
Course Outcomes		1. An ability to understand analyzing of data, measurement systems and design concept used in aviation. 2. An ability to learn to apply project development processes in aviation meteorology. 3. An ability to learn how basic engineering information and standards (ICAO) can be used in flight planning and airport design. 4. An ability to be able to use topographical informations, atmospheric components, software, hardware and relations between the airport and the flight planning during design project. 5. An ability to make economic analysis and environmental impact assessments for airport location and flight planning 6. An ability to understand the widespread impact of outputs from aviation-related projects 7. An ability to recognize the importance of team work in aviation related projects, to gain presentation and briefing skills.
Pre-requisite(s)		MTO 333 MIN DD or MTO 333E MIN DD
Required Facilities		Special softwares and videos
Other
Textbook		Taylor, F. G., 2007: Aeronautical Meteorology, Kessinger Publishing, India, 476 pages. Aeronatical Meteorology, MGM
Other References		Buck, R. N., 1998: Weather Flying, McGraw-Hill, 282 p. Lankford, T. T., 2003: Aviation Weather Handbook, Diane Pub Co,500 p. Lester, P. F., 2000: Aviation Weather, Jeppesen Sanderson Pub., 250 p.

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