Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Klimatoloji
	English	Climatology
Course Code	MTO 252	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Yurdanur Ünal Yurdanur Ünal
Course Objectives		The course objectives are 1. An understanding of the components of the earth/atmosphere system: radiation and energy balance, the hydrological cycle, and the general circulation. 2. An understanding of climate on global, regional, and local scales
Course Description		Controls of climate, climate system, solar and terrestial radiation, moisture in the atmosphere, distribution of precipitation and temperature, winds and pressure fields, general circulation, local climates and climate change.
Course Outcomes
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		Computer Lab.
Other		-
Textbook		Peter J. Robinson and Ann Henderson-Sellers Contemporary Climatology Pearson Ed. Lim., 1999
Other References		Hartmann, D.L., Global Physical Climatology, New York: Academic Press,411 pp., 1994. Peixoto, J.P., and A.H. Oort, Physics of Climate , New York: American Inst. Physics, 520 pp., 1992 IPCC, 2007 report.