COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TOPOCLIMATOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 5018 TOPOCLIMATOLOGY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

It is aimed that Within the framework of statistical data to evaluate the elements of climate, mapping and interpretation of these data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be distinguished to analised by statistical methods of micro- climatic areas
2   To be map the results obtained from calculations
3   To be interpret to the calculating results and maps
4   To be determined micro-climatic areas by means of certain methods
5   To be known as a urban climate, thermal islands, synoptic maps and the topic of climatic exchanges.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of zonobiome, micro-clima, topoclimatology
2 The determining elements to natural environment and human factors
3 The properties of climatologic data and methodology
4 Air pressure and winds/direction of prevailing winds
5 The air temperatures and data properties
6 The mapping of thermal data
7 Midterm Exam
8 Mapping method according to the lapse-rate
9 The determine freezing events in the autumn- first freezing and spring- last freezing period
10 Influences of freezing events on the environment
11 The temperature differences between urban and rural areas
12 The temperature and humidity differences between dry and irrigating agricultural lands
13 Urban/head-island, the effects of settlement patterns
14 The effects of consumption and production of energy on the environment
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay I., Uygulamalı Klimatoloji
Atalay I., Genel Fiziki Coğrafya,
Erol O., Klimatoloji
Erinç S., Umumi Klimatoloji ve iklim çalışmaları
Koçman A., Türkiye Iklimi
Koçman A., Ege Ovalarının iklimi
Cukur H., ve Diğ., Fluctiation of daily precipitation and environmental effects in the Aegean Subregion, 5 th. Turkey Romanian Geographical Academic Seminar.
Cukur H., ve Buldan I., The effect of morphoclimatic factors on olive production in Edremit Gulf (4 th. Turkey Romanian Geographical Academic Seminar)
Cukur H., Daily Precipitation Variations of Selected Meteorological Stations in Turkey, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Cukur H., Edremit Körfezinde Iklim Özelliklerinin Zeytin Yetiştiriciliği Üzerine Etkileri
MASATOSHI, M. Y., Climate in a small area ( an introduction to local meteorology), University of Tokyo pres, 1975, Tokyo Japan

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Application

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.cukur@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 4 10 40
Preparing presentations 3 10 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 10 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 173

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1444
LO.2
LO.3553
LO.4553
LO.5453

CONTACT INFORMATION
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