Course Code: WMA 407
Course Title: Tropical Weather Systems
Number of Units: 3 Units
Course Duration:
Course Coordinator: Dr G. C. Ufoegbune
Email: gidufoes2000@yahoo.co.uk
Office Location: Room B205, COLERM
Other Lecturers: Prof N. J. Bello
Course Synopsis
Definition of the meteorological Tropics: General characteristics of the tropical atmosphere, spatial and seasonal distribution of weather elements in the tropics. Insolation and temperature air masses, sub-tropical anticyclones, cloudiness, rainfall and evapo-transpiration, radiation and water balances in the low attitudes. Implications for agriculture and water resources management of the tropics. Basic features of planetary scale motion in the tropic aspects for tropical circulation. The sub-tropical high-pressure cell (STHs) the trade winds, the equatorial though, the Southeast Asian monsoons, the westerlies. Effects on tropical climate and agriculture.
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