Extreme Environmental Events in the Atmosphere
Curso de Formação

Ano Letivo 2025/2026

Course Overview

Atmospheric environmental events can have significant impacts on aircraft and may affect flight conditions. Understanding the effects of rain, snow, wind and ambient temperature, lightning and icing on aircraft is critical to designing, engineering and manufacturing quality aerospace components that can perform as intended under rapidly changing weather conditions. As well as weather conditions, extreme events such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, desert dust and smoke from wildfires can also affect aircraft performance. Therefore, all relevant conditions must be considered when designing a component so that it can withstand all environmental conditions to which the aircraft will be subjected.

Training proposed within the scope of the New Space Portugal Mobilizing Agenda (Ref. C644936537-00000046, Notice ACC02/CO5-i01/2022), financed by the Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation, through the Recovery and Resilience Program (RRP).

Organic Unit: School of Science and Technology

Duration: 4 Weeks/3 ECTS credits ( required in curricular units)

Language: Portuguese

Regime: B-learning

CNAEF Areas:

Earth science (443)

Study Plan

For Whom

Aerospace industry professionals; non-specialized audiences in the aerospace industry and professionals from other areas who want training in the area offered, or to complement the training acquired or who wish to enter the aerospace industry. Masters, PhD or 3rd year undergraduate students who wish to acquire knowledge in the area offered.