ENV242-Atmospheric and Climate Science Assessment

You have a choice of three topics for the research report.

1. Climatechange(orstability)in ?

Choose one or more locations for which historical data is available and a time period of at least 30 years or more. Support or contest the hypothesis that climate has changed over the nominated period through a review of the available meteorological and climatological evidence. Review the possible causes for the change (if there is one).

2. The meteorology of.

Pick a notable extreme weather event — for example a cyclone, a tornado, a flood, a drought, a hail event, a heat wave, or a bushfire disaster. Describe the synoptic situation associated with the event and how it progressed over the course of the event with reference to appropriate meteorological diagrams.

3.  ,a bad place to breathe.

Pick a location known for poor air quality. Describe a bad air pollution episode for that location and analyse the meteorological conditions that result in poor air quality, giving evidence in the form of typical synoptic charts, aerological diagrams, or other atmospheric diagrams.

Regardless of which topic you choose, we expect you to base at least some of your conclusions on original observations based on primary source data. Integration of data, figures, and text is important.

WARNING: Reports with no original analysis that draw entirely on other peoples’ meteorological and climatological interpretation and extensively copy charts and diagrams from printed or online sources are unlikely to receive passing grades.

Your text should be 1800 to 2000 words long. It MUST strictly adhere to the research report presentation standards as described in the ENV242 Report Writing Guide available on the unit web page.