This course enables the students to demonstrate an understanding of the interactions between climate and the biosphere with both climatic controls on biological functioning and modification. Course content focused on Weather and climate; The network of meteorological stations and their operation; Earth and its atmosphere; Evaluation and use of solar radiation; Surface energy balance; Temperature of soil and air; Pressure and wind; Climate and biotic interactions; The water cycle and its phases; The formation and types of hydrometeors; Climate change: impacts and adaptation strategies; Extreme weather events and their consequences; Flora and fauna responses to climate and variabilities; Basics of synoptic-scale meteorology; Weather forecasting; Processing of meteorological and climatological data.