UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Nautical Science
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester III - Allied III - Environmental Science III

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Section A - Meteorology & Oceanography

1. Air Masses and Fronts:
Air masses: Basic concepts; Factors governing development & properties; Classification; Convergence & Divergence.
Fronts : Types: Associated weather, Frontal Depressions - Origin, life and movement, Forecasting Techniques. Non-Frontal Depressions.

2. Tropical Revolving Storms: Characteristic areas & Nomenclature; Origin, Structure & movements; associated weather, Forecasting Techniques - Past & Present; Cyclone Tracking & warning bulletins for merchant ships under International conventions; Practical rules of navigation for manocurving in the vicinity of a T.R.S.

3. Meteorological Analysis & Weather Forecasting: Sources of Meteorological data; principles of weather analysis; Weather forecasting; Principles & Practices: Macro, Meso & Micro level forecasting.

4. Meteorological & Reporting Systems: Voluntary observing fleet under l.M.D:; type & nature of information collected: Ships' Weather Code; weather reporting from ships and its significance in weather forecasting. International system of weather reporting.

5. Voyage Planning & Weather Routing of ships: Basic considerations in Voyage Planning; selection and use of data. Weather Routing; Basic parameters; least time track and ship's performance curves.

Selection B - Environmental Protection

I. Environmental Pollution; Basic causes; Common pollutants.
2. International convention on prevention of pollution by Marine Environment 1973/78 (MARPOL); Pollution by oil, chemicals, hazardous substances, garbage and sewage. Pollution by micro-organisms in ballast water; measures for prevention.
3. Atmospheric pollution by marine transportation.
4. Amendments against marine pollution.
5. Liability against marine pollution.

Practical

1. Facsimile weather charts - interpretation of information contained therein.
2. Exercise on the selection ocean rules on the basis of prognostic surface weather charts.
3. Application of rules of Navigation when near or facing tropical storms - few exercises.
4. Principles of working and use of meteorological instruments.

Book for Reference

SI.No. Title Author Publishers

1. Weather analysis & forecasting vol.I S. Petterson M/c. Graw Hill
2. Weather analysis & forecasting vol. II S. Peterson M/c. Graw Hill
3. Tropical Meteorology H. Reehi M/c. Graw Hill
4. Principles of meteorological Analysis W.J. Saucier University of Chicago Press
5. Marine Meteorology Capt. H. Subramaniam Vijaya Publications
6. Meteorology for Mariners HMSO HMSO
7. Marine Observer's Hand book HMSO HMSO
8. Atmosphere, weather & climate R.g. Barry, R.J. Chorley Metheun, London
9. Ship's code I.M.D. 1982
10. Dynamic and physical meteorology Haltiner & Martin M/c. Graw Hill
11. General Meteorology H.R. Byers M/c. Graw Hill
12. Numerical Weather Analysis & Prediction P.D. Thompson Mc.Millan Co
13. Atlantic hurricanes Gord F. Dunn Louisiana state University
14. An introduction to Dynamic Meteorology J.R. Holten M/c. Graw Hill
15. Atmospheric science an Introduction survey P.E. Hobbs J.M. Wallace & I.M.D. MIc. Graw Hill
16. Forecasting Manuals
17. Numerical Predication Haltiner J.H. & Williams R.T. John Wiy & son, New York.
18. Marpol 73/78 with all amendments. I.M.O. I.M.O.
19. Regulations for the prevention of pollution by oil. I.M.O. I.M 0.
20. Regulations for control of pollution by Noxious substances in bulk I.M.O. I.M.O.
21. Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan I.M.O I.M.O.