BSc Nautical Sciences Environmental Science III Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 4.69, 4.70 and 4.71 of the Academic Council of 23 July 2020, in force from the academic year 2020-21. The University’s earlier Credit Based Semester and Grading System syllabus is what her older third-year timetables name, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Environmental Science - III
Module I: 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. 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 manoeuvring in the vicinity of a T.R.S.
Module II: Meteorological Analysis & Weather Forecasting
- Sources of Meteorological data; principles of weather analysis; Weather forecasting; Principles & Practices: Macro, Meso & Micro level forecasting.
Module III: Environment Pollution: Basic causes, Common
- pollutants. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) -Pollution by oil, chemicals, hazardous substances, Pollution by garbage and sewage. Atmospheric pollution by marine transportation.
Module Practical
- 1. Application of rules of Navigation when near or facing tropical storms – few exercises.
- 2 Principles of working and use of meteorological instruments.
Reference Books
This paper runs across both semesters of the year and the University prints one list of reference books for it, at the end of the second half. Her list is repeated here so that this half is not read as a paper she recommends no reading for.
- 1 Principles of meteorological analysis W.J. Saucier
- 2 Marine Meteorology Capt. H. Subramanium
- 3 Ship’s Weather Code 1982 I.M.D.
- 4 Meteorology for Mariners HMSO
- 5 Marine Observer’s Hand book HMSO
- 6 Atmosphere, Weather and Climate R.G. Barry
- 7 General Meteorology H.R. Byers
- 8 An introduction to Dynamic Meteorology J.R. Holten
- 9 Physical Geography Savindra Singh
- 10 Meteorological Analysis & Weather Forecasting Petterssen
- 11 MARPOL 73/78 as amended IMO
- 12 Weather Routeing of Ships Motte R
- 13 Convention on Ballast Water IMO
- 14 HNS Convention and Protocol IMO
- 15 London Dumping Convention and Protocol IMO
- 16 OPRC Convention IMO
- 17 OPRC – HNS Protocol IMO
- 18 INTERVENTION Convention IMO
- 19 Convention on Anti Fouling Systems IMO
- 20 Hong Kong Convention on Recycling of Ships IMO
- 21 CLC Convention IMO
- 22 Bunker Convention IMO
- 23 Fund Convention IMO
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Nautical Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2020-21. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
The complete syllabus
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