Duration: 2 years
Tuition fee: 500,000 AMD per year
Admission exam: Oral exam based on the following question list:
Admission Exam Question List
Meteorology:
Solar, terrestrial, and atmospheric radiation; Earth's surface and atmosphere heat balance
Evaporation, fogs, cloudiness
Atmospheric water cycle scheme
Atmospheric precipitations, active influence on clouds
Atmospheric pressure, wind fields, and wind changes with altitude
Cyclones and anticyclones
Global atmospheric circulation
Air masses: types and characteristics
Principles of climate zone classification
Climate types and their geographical distribution
Issues of global climate change
Climate scenarios in Armenia
Hydrology:
Methods of hydrology study
Physical and chemical properties of water
Water cycle in nature; global water resources
Hydrology of groundwater, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, swamps, glaciers, oceans, and seas
Current hydrological issues
Hydrological disasters (floods, landslides, mudflows, tsunamis), their forecasting
Hydrological hazards in Armenia and their forecasting
Recommended Literature
Gabrielian A.H., Armenia: Issues of Climate Change, Collection of Articles, 2nd edition, Yerevan, 2006, 335 pages
Gabrielian H.K., Global Water Resources, Yerevan, 1987, 345 pages
Third National Report on Climate Change, Yerevan, 2015, 191 pages
Anisimov O.A., Belolutskaya M.A., Modern Warming as an Analogue of Future Climate, Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003, pp. 211-221
Guliyev N.A., Standardization and Certification of Services, Textbook, Moscow, 2011
Dobrovolsky A.D., Dobrolyubov S.A., Mikhailov V.N., Hydrology, Moscow, Higher School, 2007, p. 463
Contact Information
Faculty of Geography and Geology, YSU: ashxarh@ysu.am
Head of Chair, Associate Professor A. Grigoryan: arsengrigoryan@ysu.am
