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Meteorology (MET)

Course Topics

  • DGS EXAMINATION FORMAT
  • Introduction
  • The Meteorological Elements
  • Shipborne Meteorological Instruments
  • Aneroid Barometer and Barograph
  • Hygrometer and Stevenson’s Screen
  • Whirling Psychrometer
  • Wind Sensors (Anemometer)
  • Sea Water Temperature Bucket
  • The Atmosphere, its Composition and Physical Properties
  • Troposphere and Tropopause
  • Stratosphere and Stratopause
  • Mesosphere and Mesopause
  • Thermosphere
  • Insolation and Water vapour
  • Evaporation and Condensation
  • Latent Heat and Dew Point
  • Effect of Dew point on ship
  • Absolute Humidity, Relative Humidity and Vapour Pressure
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Definition of Pressure
  • Change of Pressure with Height
  • Average Pressure
  • Isobar, Isallobar and Barometric Tendency
  • Wind
  • Beaufort Scale of Wind Force
  • Pressure Gradient Force
  • Coriolis Force
  • Buys Ballot’s Law
  • Apparent and True Wind and its Vector Calculation
  • Cloud and Precipitation
  • Formation of Clouds
  • Different Types of Clouds and Classification of Clouds
  • Precipitation
  • Drizzle, Hail, Snow and Sleet
  • Visibility
  • Formation of Fog, Mist and Haze
  • Different Types of Fog
  • Effect of Fog, Mist, Haze and other Meteorological Conditions
  • Climatology
  • Wind and Pressure Systems Over the Oceans
  • Mean Surface Pressure and Wind Distribution
  • Doldrums and Inter-tropical Convergence Zones
  • Westerlies and Polar Easterlies
  • Monsoons
  • Land and Sea Breezes
  • Anabatic and Katabatic Winds
  • Other local winds
  • Sea and Swell
  • Sea Waves, swell and storm surge
  • Tsunami and Bore Tides
  • Interpreting the Wind Rose
  • Weather Systems
  • Structure of Depressions
  • Air Mass and Source Region
  • Warm Front and Cold Front
  • Pressure systems
  • Tropical Revolving Storm (TRS)
  • Weather Reports and Forecasting
  • Weather Information Available to Shipping
  • Weather Routing Services
  • Meterological Offices
  • Weather Facsimile Receiver
  • Digital Weather Receivers
  • Recording and Reporting Weather observations
  • Meteorological Codes
  • Coding and Decoding of Weather Messages
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Forecasting the Weather
  • Interpretation of Symbols and Isobaric Patterns on Weather Charts and Facsimile Chafts
  • Identify the Weather Associated with Synoptic Features

DGS EXAMINATION FORMAT

SECOND MATE (F.G.)

Duration: 2 hrs.                                                                                                                 Maximum Marks: 100

                                                                                                                                                                Pass Marks: 50

 

METEOROLOGY

Note:

  1. USE WEATHER CODE _____
  2. QUESTION 1 IS COMPULSORY. ATTEMPT ANY 4 OUT OF REMAINING 5    QUESTIONS.
  3. ALL QUESTIONS CARRY EQUAL MARKS

 

Q1. CODING or DECODING (COMPULSORY QUESTION)

 

Q2. A. CALCULATION OF TRUE AND APPARENT WIND 

       B. THEORY ON WIND              

                               

Q3. SHIP BORNE METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS

 

Q4. ATMOSPHERE/ ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE/

 

Q5. CLOUDS/ VISIBILITY/ CLIMATOLOGY

 

Q6. WEATHER SYSTEMS/ SEA AND SWELL/ WEATHER FORECASTING

 

Please note that the above format is only an indicative of the examination paper. The candidates are advised to refer to detailed teaching syllabus and the course outline.

 

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