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Semester Course Plan
2017 AY First Semester Academic Calendar: Sep 29- Jan 2/2017 E.C
College: CSSH Department: GeEs
Year: 2nd
Course Name and Code: Introduction to Climate
Total number of Chapters in the course: 5
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1 Oct 4-8/17 E.C Chapter 1 Introduction
2 Oct 11-15/17 E.C The Concepts Of Weather, Individual
Climate assignment
3 Oct 18-22/17 E.C Meteorology And Assignment
Climatology
4 Nov 3/17 E.C Elements and
measurement of weather
and climate
5 Nov 4-6/17 E.C Weather and climate data
6 Nov 9-13/17 E.C chapter2. Basic Test one
Concepts Of
Atmosphere
Origin and Nature of the
Atmosphere
7 Nov 16-20/17 Variation with Altitude,
E.C Latitude and Season.
Composition and structure
of the Atmosphere
8 Nov 23-27/17 Chapter 3; Solar
E.C Radiation and
Temperature Group
The nature and Assignment
characteristics of Solar
Radiation 3.2. sources of
earth’s energy and energy
transfer processes
9 Nov 30-Dec 4/17 Reflection and scattering
E.C of solar radiation
3.4. Solar
radiation/Isolation
10 Dec 7-11/17 E.C Chapter 4: Atmospheric
Circulations
The concept of air
pressure
Air pressure
11 Dec 14-18/17 E.C Wind
Air Mass and fronts
12 Dec 21-25/17 E.C Chapter 5 Atmospheric
Humidity and
Precipitation
Atmospheric Moisture
Evapo-transpiration
Atmospheric humidity
13 Dec 28-Jan Cloud formation, type and Final exam Feedback
2/17E.C characteristics.
Precipitation
Name of the Course Instructors: Seyoum Demissie Signature: ______________
Date: ____________06/11/24_________________