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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is designed to teach students the basics of weather and weather forecasting. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): NATS 101, Introduction to Weather and Climate. Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The course examines basic weather phenomena, climate and climate change, and the associated effects on individuals and societies in the past and present. The possibility and effects of human-caused changes in the climate system are also discussed. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): two courses from Tier One, Natural Sciences (NATS 101, 102, 104). Approved as: General Education Tier Two - Natural Sciences. Usually offered: Fall, Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Theory and use of meteorological instruments; laboratory and field demonstrations and practices. This is a Writing Emphasis Course. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Course includes 1 or more field trips. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 142, PHYS 241, MATH 254. Satisfaction of the Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA). Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The global and surface energy balance; the hydrologic cycle; the influence on climate of the atmospheric and oceanic circulation; climate history, sensitivity, modeling, and natural and anthropogenic change. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): MATH 129. Identical to: GEOG 421C, ARL 421C, GEOS 421C. May be convened with: ATMO 521C. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Broadly covers fundamental topics in the atmospheric sciences. Topics include composition of the atmosphere, atmospheric thermodynamics, atmospheric chemistry, cloud physics, radiative transfer, atmospheric dynamics, and climate. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): MATH 125. Identical to: GEOG 436A, GEOS 436A, HWR 436A, SWES 436A, PHYS 436A. May be convened with: ATMO 536A. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Thermodynamics and its application to planetary atmospheres, hydrostatics, fundamental concepts and laws of dynamic meteorology. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 426 or consent of instructor. Identical to: PTYS 441A. May be convened with: ASTR 456. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Thermodynamics and its application to planetary atmospheres, hydrostatics, fundamental concepts and laws of dynamic meteorology. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): ATMO 441A, PHYS 426 or consent of instructor. Identical to: PTYS 441B. May be convened with: ATMO 541B. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Introduction to atmospheric physics that includes the composition and chemistry of the atmosphere, kinetic theory, the mechanics of ideal and real fluids, aerosol mechanics, atmospheric acoustics, atmospheric radiation, scattering, radiative transfer, atmospheric optics, cloud physics, and atmospheric electricity. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 426 or consent of instructor. May be convened with: ATMO 551A. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Introduction to atmospheric physics that includes the composition and chemistry of the atmosphere, kinetic theory, the mechanics of ideal and real fluids, aerosol mechanics, atmospheric acoustics, atmospheric radiation, scattering, radiative transfer, atmospheric optics, cloud physics, and atmospheric electricity. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 426, ATMO 451A or consent of instructor. May be convened with: ATMO 551B. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: An introduction to the chemistry and physics of the troposphere and stratosphere. Topics include natural biogeochemical cycles; atmospheric photochemistry; stratospheric ozone; urban ozone and particulate matter; atmospheric visibility; acid deposition; air pollution meteorology; Gaussian plume model; photochemical model; air quality regulations. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): MATH 223. ATMO 469A is not prerequisite to ATMO 469B but is recommended. Identical to: CHEE 469A. May be convened with: ATMO 569A. Usually offered: Fall.
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