Come Rain or Shine
Understanding the Weather
Week 1: Week 2: Week 3: Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more You don’t need any existing knowledge of meteorology, just an interest in learning about the weather. This might appeal to you if you’re a member of theWeather Club or signed up to Weather Watchers. There should be something for everyone – whether you are coming to the course with a fair amount of previous knowledge, or none at all. If this is the first time you’ve taken a meteorology course you may find some of the content challenging, but don’t worry there will be plenty of help available. It also might appeal to you if you’re a geography teacher. For example, the amount of time devoted to weather within the English National Curriculum and GCSE and A level specifications has hugely increased; this course will help improve your confidence to teach the topics and may also be directly relevant to your students, some of whom may consider a career in meteorology. Course image used with permission of NEODAAS/University of Dundee. You can use the hashtag #FLrainorshine to talk about this course on social media.
Topics Covered- Introduction to high and low pressure systems
- Weather and climate differences
- Depressions and anticyclones
- Where does weather come from and why does it rain?
- Air masses and types of rain
- Measuring the weather
- Global controls on weather
- Global atmospheric circulation
- Other weather systems: Monsoons, Tropical cyclones and El Niño/La Niña.
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| Rating | 4.0★ based on 3 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 3 weeks |
| Effort | 3 hours per week |
| Starts | Dec 13 (227 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $74 |
| From | The Royal Meteorological Society, University of Reading via FutureLearn |
| Instructors | Sylvia Knight, Peter Inness, Janet Barlow (Educator), Chuen Chung Chui, Yen Tu, Thomas Eldridge, Holly Turner, Rebecca Emerton, Rebecca CC, Dominic Jones, Liam Till, Carlo Cafaro, Rebecca Crook, Ryan Williams, Beth Saunders, Kaja Milczewska |
| Download Videos | Only via web browser |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming |
| Tags | R Nature & Environment |
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My only reservation was the initial focus upon English weather and climate, (the mid-latitudes) which is understandable considering an English university meteorological department was teaching the course.
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| Rating | 4.0★ based on 3 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 3 weeks |
| Effort | 3 hours per week |
| Starts | Dec 13 (227 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $74 |
| From | The Royal Meteorological Society, University of Reading via FutureLearn |
| Instructors | Sylvia Knight, Peter Inness, Janet Barlow (Educator), Chuen Chung Chui, Yen Tu, Thomas Eldridge, Holly Turner, Rebecca Emerton, Rebecca CC, Dominic Jones, Liam Till, Carlo Cafaro, Rebecca Crook, Ryan Williams, Beth Saunders, Kaja Milczewska |
| Download Videos | Only via web browser |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming |
| Tags | R Nature & Environment |
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