Syllabus for Examination for Issue of Student Pilot’s Licence - Air Meteorology (DGCA)

 Aviation Meteorology

• Elementary knowledge of atmosphere and its properties
•  Basic knowledge of temperature, pressure and its density and their relationship
•  I) Elementary knowledge of relationship between pressure & wind
•  II) Elementary knowledge of
• a) variation of wind with height
• b) see breeze and land breeze
•  Elementary knowledge of different types of clouds and precipitation
•  Basic understanding of hazards associated with certain types of clouds
•  Elementary knowledge of the terms – Visibility, Fog, Mist and Haze
•  Elementary knowledge of variation of pressure with height, and the Q codes – QNH, QFE and QNE, etc.
•  Basic understanding of METAR, SPECI and aerodrome warnings and their importance in aviation
•  Elementary knowledge of the uses of Anemometer, Aneroid Barometer, Wind Stock etc.