Course Syllabus
Click to Expand: Climatology (GEOG-H-CC06) Syllabus
Semesters – 4/5/6 (for H & MD)
GEOG-H-CC06/MD-CC05-Th – Climatology – 75 Marks / 3 Credits
Unit I: Elements of the Atmosphere
- 1. Insolation: Controlling factors. Heat budget of the atmosphere [3]
- 2. Temperature: horizontal and vertical distribution. Inversion of temperature: Types, causes and consequences [4]
- 3. Overview of climate change: Causes, trends, and predictions of global temperature rise since 1850 CE. Formation, depletion, restoration, and significance of the ozone layer [6]
Unit II: Atmospheric Phenomena and Climatic Classification
- 4. Condensation: Process and forms. Mechanism of precipitation: Bergeron-Findeisen theory, and collision & coalescence theory. Forms of precipitation [5]
- 5. Air mass: Typology, origin, characteristics, and modification [4]
- 6. Types of fronts. Frontogenesis and frontolysis [5]
- 7. Weather: Stability and instability, barotropic and baroclinic conditions [4]
- 8. Atmospheric disturbances: Tropical cyclones and thunderstorms [6]
- 9. Monsoon circulation and mechanism with reference to India [4]
- 10. Climatic classification after Köppen (1936) and Thornthwaite (1948) [4]
Previous Year Questions
2025
GEOGRAPHY — HONOURS
Paper : DSCC-6
(Climatology)
Full Marks : 75
Group - A
Answer any ten questions (each within 50 words).
2 × 10
1. What is albedo?
2. Define solar constant.
3. What is frontogenesis?
4. Define condensation.
5. How is fog formed?
6. What is the 'eye' of a cyclone?
7. What are hygroscopic nuclei?
8. Define dew point.
9. What is insolation?
10. Name four greenhouse gases.
11. Define atmospheric stability.
12. What is burst of monsoon?
13. How is occluded front developed?
14. Why do water bodies remain cooler than land during summer days?
Group - B
Answer any five questions (each within 125 words).
5 × 5
15. Distinguish between barotropic and baroclinic condition.
16. Explain 'radiation inversion of temperature'.
17. Distinguish between conditional and convectional instability.
18. State the characteristic of a thunderstorm.
19. Enumerate the controlling factors of temperature distribution.
20. Distinguish between warm front and cold front.
21. Explain adiabatic change of temperature.
Group - C
Answer any two questions (each within 500 words).
15 × 2
22. Assess the importance of the ozone layer and mention the consequences of its depletion. (15)
23. Explain the genesis and specify the characteristics of tropical cyclone. (15)
24. Elucidate the mechanism of rain drop formation in the atmosphere as depicted in the Ice-crystal theory. (15)
25. Classify the global air-masses and discuss in brief any one of them. (15)
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