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Atmospheric science seminar* *

2025/2026
Programme:
Physics, Second Cycle
Orientation:
Meteorology
Year:
1 year
Semester:
first
Kind:
mandatory
ECTS:
3
Language:
slovenian, english
Course director:
Hours per week – 1. semester:
Lectures
0
Seminar
1
Tutorial
0
Lab
0
Prerequisites

Attendance at seminar presentations is mandatory for students.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Review of relevant meteorological literature in English language, preparation of a written report and presentation of the seminar.

The topic of the seminar is determined together with the mentor and the lecturer. The seminar is prepared by the student under the supervision of a mentor.  The mentor helps with the selection of relevant literature, helps the student understand the more demanding aspects of the topic, and performs the preliminary review and proofing of the written report.

Readings

Meteorološke revije založnikov kot so AGU, AMS, RMS, EGU
Spletna zbirka Web of Science (Thompson ISI Web of Knowledge),
Navodila za pripravo rokopisov: William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White, »The Elements of Style«
Nasveti za pisanje v angleščini: J. M. Swales, C. Feak, »Academic writing for graduate students«
Slovenski strokovni meteorološki časopis Vetrnica, http://www.meteo-drustvo.si/glasilo
Dodatni izbrani članki in revije

Objectives and competences

Learning advanced topics in atmospheric
sciences in related disciplines.
Developing ability to recognize important
topics, to collect relevant literature, to critically
extract most important information, to present
and to write papers, to actively listen to talks by
fellow students and to discuss.

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding: Learning
advanced topics in atmospheric sciences in
related disciplines.
Application: Preparation and presentation of
own seminar topic, writing seminar paper,
active participation in discussions.
Reflection: Critical use of information sources,
ability to recognize important pieces of
information, ability to listen and interact with
fellow students and more senior lecturers
Transferable skills: Ability for an independent
work, search for relevant information and its
presentation

Learning and teaching methods

Lectures and discussions.

Assessment

Completed written report and presentation of the seminar
Grades: passed/failed (according to the Statute of UL)

Lecturer's references

SKOK, Gregor, BACMEISTER, Julio T., TRIBBIA, Joe. Analysis of tropical cyclone precipitation using an object-based algorithm. Journal of climate, ISSN 0894-8755, 2013, vol. 26, iss. 8, str. 2563-2579.

SKOK, Gregor, HLADNIK, Veronika. Verification of gridded wind forecasts in complex alpine terrain: a new wind verification methodology based on the neighborhood approach. Monthly weather review, ISSN 0027-0644, 2018, vol. 146, no. 1, str. 63-75.

SKOK, Gregor, ROBERTS, Nigel. Estimating the displacement in precipitation forecasts using the Fractions Skill Score. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, ISSN 0035-9009, 2018, vol.

144, iss. 711, str. 414-425.

CEGLAR, Andrej, HONZAK, Luka, ŽAGAR, Nedjeljka, SKOK, Gregor, ŽABKAR, Rahela, RAKOVEC, Jože. Evaluation of precipitation in the ENSEMBLES regional climate models over the complex orography of Slovenia.

International journal of climatology, ISSN 0899-8418, 2015, vol. 35, iss. 9, str. 2574-2591.

ŽABKAR, Rahela, HONZAK, Luka, SKOK, Gregor, FORKEL, R., RAKOVEC, Jože, CEGLAR, Andrej, ŽAGAR, Nedjeljka. Evaluation of the high resolution WRF-Chem (v3.4.1) air quality forecast and its comparison with statistical ozone predictions. Geoscientific model development, ISSN 1991-959X, 2015, vol. 8, no. 7, str. 2119-2137.