Lecturer: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fabian Hoffmann (f.hoffmann@fu-berlin.de).

- The module starts in the summer semester and consists of: Seminar on PC 1 (“Ninjo” already in the summer semester, LV 24300604) / 1 SWS, advanced lecture (LV 24300508) / 3 SWS, seminar on PC 2 (LV 24300504) / 1 SWS.

Admission requirements: Successful completion of the module ‘Fundamentals of Meteorology’ or ‘Physical Climatology’.

Learning objectives: Students will understand the three-dimensional spatial and temporal relationships that determine weather patterns. They will be able to analyze, describe, and evaluate the current weather situation.

Contents: Introduction to three-dimensional diagnosis of synoptic-scale weather systems in mid-latitudes: air masses and fronts, cyclones and anticyclones, jet streams and waves in the westerlies, their temporal development, and their relationship to weather phenomena. In addition, practical work on the DWD's Ninjo (graphics) system will be supervised and carried out independently. Current examples related to the subject matter of the respective lecture will be analyzed worldwide and, where possible, in relation to the current weather situation in the Atlantic-European sector.