Sapienza University of Rome

Master of Science in Atmospheric Science and Technology for Meteorology & Climate

The Laurea Magistrale in Atmospheric Science and Technology for Meteorology and Climate (LMAST4MC) is a Master of Science (MSc) degree in the Physics class (LM-17), organized as an international inter-university program, jointly proposed by the Sapienza University of Rome and University of L’Aquila, with the lessons of the first year in L’Aquila and the second ones in Rome. The unique feature of the LMAST4MC program is to educate master students with solid knowledge and specific skills in the domain of meteorology, climate, and atmospheric science, from a physics and engineering perspective. LMAST4MC includes fundamentals of fluid mechanics, atmospheric physics, meteorology, electromagnetics, and statistical mechanics as well as satellite Earth observation, radar meteorology, atmospheric remote sensing, dynamical meteorology and climatic modeling, environmental meteorology, and monitoring. The course can be completed by choosing among a wide choice of interdisciplinary subjects such as i) urban climatology, satellite geodesy and geomatics, advanced fluid mechanics, hydro-climatology, hydrological modeling; ii) advanced electromagnetics and scattering, optoelectronic sensors, machine learning, radar image processing, engineering electromagnetics, robust statistical data analysis and modeling; ii) atmospheric sounding, lidar remote sensing, radiative transfer in the atmosphere, physics of non-linear systems, space weather, hydrometeorological physics, atmospheric chemistry, physical oceanography and snow and glacier physics. Stages for carrying out the master thesis are also foreseen through agreements with regional and national meteorological services as well as research institutes and companies. The program emphasizes system-related and interdisciplinary aspects aiming at forming professional expertise as meteorologist, climatologist, forecaster, atmospheric scientist, remote sensing scientist, and environmental physicist LMAST4MC is closely linked with research and innovation activities in the Italian and international job-market context related to agrometeorology, risk management, transport, climate adaptation, civil protection, renewable energy, energy management.

The LMAST4MC graduate can obtain the Statement of Learning curriculum conformity to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Recommendation 1083 “Guide to the Implementation and Education and Training Standards in Meteorology and Hydrology”, officially approved by the WMO National Permanent Representative.