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Aviation Meteorology AV - ZPEM2512
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Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
 
 
School:  School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences @ ADFA
 
 
Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
 
 
Campus: University College Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisites: ZPEM2506 or ZPEM2511 or ZPEM3527 or ZPEM4505
 
 
Equivalent: APHY2702
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course builds on ZPEM2511 Introductory Meteorology AV to develop knowledge and understanding of weather phenomena of significance to aviation, and of meteorological information products provided for aviators. The topics covered are: the global circulation, large-scale weather systems in mid-latitudes and the tropics, high-altitude meteorology, fronts, thunderstorms, local weather phenomena, icing, visibility, turbulence, and wind shear. The meteorological services available to aviators, and the terminologies and message code used in aviation weather forecasts, are also introduced, and climatic conditions for some key Australian airports summarised.

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