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2. Course code

ATM324

Aikaisemmat leikkaavat opintojaksot 53657 Tutkameteorologian laboratoriotyöt, 3 op

3. Course status: optional

-Which degree programme is responsible for the course?
Master's Programme in Atmospheric Sciences

-Which module does the course belong to?
ATM300 Advanced Studies in Atmospheric Sciences
optional for

• Study Track in Aerosol Physics
• Study Track in Remote Sensing
• Study Track in Meteorology

-Is the course available to students from other degree programmes?
Yes

4. Course level (first-, second-, third-cycle/EQF levels 6, 7 and 8)

Master’s level, degree programmes in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine = secondcycle
degree/EQF level 7
Doctoral level = third-cycle (doctoral) degree/EQF level 8

-Does the course belong to basic, intermediate or advanced studies (cf. Government Decree
on University Degrees)?
Advanced studies

5. Recommended time/stage of studies for completion

-The recommended time for completion may be, e.g., after certain relevant courses have
been completed.

Should be taken at the later study stages

6. Term/teaching period when the course will be offered

The course will be lectured every other year (even years) in the IV period.

7. Scope of the course in credits

5 cr

8. Teacher coordinating the course

Dmitri Moisseev

9. Course learning outcomes

-Description of the learning outcomes provided to students by the course
- See the competence map (https://flamma.helsinki.fi/content/res/pri/HY350274).

• The course is aimed to provide hands-on experience on operating weather radars and  its uses as a quantitative meteorological remote sensing instrument.
• As a part of the course the students will learn how to use radar data to solve real-life applications 

10. Course completion methods

-Will the course be offered in the form of contact teaching, or can it be taken as a distance
learning course?
-Description of attendance requirements (e.g., X% attendance during the entire course or
during parts of it)
-Methods of completion

Group work, final project  and presentation

11. Prerequisites

-Description of the courses or modules that must be completed before taking this course or
what other prior learning is required

• ATM323 Advanced Course in Radar Meteorology

12. Recommended optional studies

-What other courses are recommended to be taken in addition to this course?
-Which other courses support the further development of the competence provided by this
course?

• ATM361 Field course in remote sensing of the atmosphere

13. Course content

-Description of the course content

• Interpretation of weather radar observations
• Quantitative measurements of meteorological quantitates
• Nowcasting
• Applications of weather radars: for hydrology, transportation and aviation safety

14. Recommended and required literature

-What kind of literature and other materials are read during the course (reading list)?
-Which works are set reading and which are recommended as supplementary reading?

• Journal papers and notes

15. Activities and teaching methods in support of learning

-See the competence map (https://flamma.helsinki.fi/content/res/pri/HY350274).
-Student activities
-Description of how the teacher’s activities are documented

• Group work, data analysis, presentation and report

16. Assessment practices and criteria, grading scale

-See the competence map (https://flamma.helsinki.fi/content/res/pri/HY350274).
-The assessment practices used are directly linked to the learning outcomes and teaching
methods of the course.

• The grade is based on the presentation and report

17. Teaching language

English