SYLLABUS FOR DNS JUNIOR BATCH.

4.1 Describe the composition of the earth’s atmosphere.

4.2 DEFINE TROPOSPHERE, TROPOPAUSE, STRATOSPHERE, STRATOPAUSE, MESOSPHERE,

MESOPAUSE AND THERMOSPHERE.

4.3 EXPLAIN ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, PRESSURE GRADIENT, BAROMETRIC U CALCULATING DEW

TENDENCY, ISOBAR, AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATMOSPHERIC POINT PRESSURE AND
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL. CARGO SWEAT

4.4 SKETCH AND EXPLAIN THE WORKING OF ANEROID BAROMETER. SHIP SWEAT

4.5 DESCRIBE THE NATURE OF SOLAR RADIATION (REFLECTION, ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING).

4.6 EXPLAIN HEAT EXCHANGE PROCESSES (CONDUCTION, CONVECTION AND RADIATION).

4.7 DESCRIBE ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE, INVERSION AND DIURNAL, SEASONAL AND
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE.

4.8 DESCRIBE THE PROPERTIES OF WATER VAPOUR IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND K/U DEFINE
SPECIFIC, ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY. EXPLAIN SATURATION, DEW POINT AND
OUTLINE KNOWLEDGE OF HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE (EVAPORATION, CONDENSATION AND
PRECIPITATION).

4.9 SKETCH AND EXPLAIN THE WORKING OF BAROGRAPH, HYGROMETER, Stevenson’s screen,
whirling psychomotor, anemometer and SEA WATER TEMPERATURE BUCKET.

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CAPT M R BORKAR,

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