SYLLABY

Program : Diklat Pelaut III ( DP-III ) / Education and training for seafarers Class – III ( ETSC – III )
Department : Nautical
Function : Navigational at the operational level
Subject : Meteorology
Description : After getting this course, trainee is expected to be able to understand insights about weather analysis and observations and weather reports
while navigating in bad weather during sailing on board.
Session/Semester : 1&2
Load of Learning : 47 Hours; Theory = 14 hrs; Practices = 33 hrs
1 Hrs of learning : 60 minutes
 Time
Basic Allotment Teaching Assessment
No Competence Topics (hours) Indicator References Methods
Methods
s
T P
1 Ability to use and The atmosphere, 14 33 - A1 - describes the composition of the earth's T 48 : - Tasks
interpret information its composition - A20 atmosphere, mentioning dry air and its Ch. 1 - Practice
- A34 constituents, water vapour and aerosols
about atmosphere, its and physical - Assesment
- A35 - recognizes a typical vertical
composition and properties T 42 :
- A36 temperature profile through the lower
physical properties Ch. 5
100 km of the earth's atmosphere
- labels in this profile :
- troposphere
- tropopause
- stratosphere
- stratopause
- mesosphere
- mesopause
- thermosphere
- describes the main features of the
troposphere
- states the importance of the sun as the
principal energy source for atmospheric
processes
- describes the nature of solar radiation
(scattering, reflection and absorption)
- states the effect on insolation of a
variation in latitude
- states the effect on insolation of a
variation in the sun's declination
- states the effect on insolation of a
variation in the length of daylight
- defines :
- water vapour
- evaporation
- condensation
- latent heat of vaporization
- saturated air
- dewpoint
- absolute humidity
- relative humidity
- vapour pressure
Appraisal:
Appraisal components of the course include: student attendance, task completion, midterm test and final test, weighed as follows:
1. Final Test :
2. Task Completions 70%
:
3. Student Attendance 10%
:
20%