Master of Science in Environmental Meteorology

The MSc progamme in Environmental Meteorology offers a variety of contents related to the physical and chemical properties of the earth atmosphere, the phenomena governing its dynamics, and their connections with processes affecting the environmental systems, such as the hydrosphere, the litosphere, the biosphere and the ecosystems.

All the processes related to weather and climate phenomena - such as clouds and precipitation, atmospheric radiation, air pollution, wind dynamics - will be treated in depth.

The courses offered within the programme enable students to become familiar with a variety of approaches, including theoretical analysis, measurements techniques and observational methods, data analysis, computer simulations of environmental processes by means of numerical models.

Besides mandatory courses, covering the required background of an environmental meteorologist, through optional courses and their MSc thesis students will be allowed to focus their curriculum more specifically on their preferred topics.

Weather forecasters (public and private weather services, free lance professionals);
Consultants (for engineering firms, agricultural operations, insurance companies, legal issues);
Aeronautical meteorologists;
Experts in the assessment of solar radiation, wind and precipitation for energy conversion from renewable sources;
Experts in air quality monitoring and management;
Researchers, academics;
Experts in education and communication: instructors, media operators, teachers;
The environmental meteorologists provide meteorological support and assistance to decision makers in a variety of fields: air quality monitoring and management, civil protection, transport infrastructures management (including aviation, railways, roads and navigation), water resource management, management of systems for energy conversion from renewable sources, agricultural operations, forest management.