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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. Graduate-level requirements include a more quantitative and thorough understanding of the subject matter. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: GEOG 521C, GEOS 521C, SWES 521C, ARL 521C. May be convened with: ATMO 421C. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Precipitation formation processes, the surface and atmospheric branch of the hydrologic cycle, land surface-atmosphere interaction, surface energy balance, evapotranspiration, heat and moisture fluxes into the soil and atmospheric boundary layer. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: HWR 524; HWR is home department. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This graduate course provides an overview of statistical methods used to interpret datasets in the atmospheric and related sciences. The objective is to provide a working knowledge of the statistical tools most commonly used. Topics include application of basic statistics (composite analysis; significance testing; curve fitting; regression analysis; correlation; and non-normal distributions), non-parametric statistical significance testing (e.g. Monte-Carlo methods and field significance), matrix methods (principal component analysis; SVD analysis; CCA), and time series analysis (harmonic analysis; power spectra; data filtering; cross-spectrum analysis; singular spectrum analysis; and wavelet analysis). Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate level statistics course and linear algebra required. Computer programming skills (C, Fortran, Matlab) and knowledge of graphical display packages needed or consent of instructor. Identical to: GEOG 529, GEOS 529, HWR 529. Usually offered: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Theoretical aspects of atmospheric turbulence, including discussions of laminar flow, turbulent flow, the mechanical energy equations, and the shearing stress and the wind profile. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Prerequisite(s): ATMO 541B. Usually offered: Fall.
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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. Graduate-level requirements include additional questions on homework and exams plus a term paper on a specialized research topic. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: GEOG 536A, GEOS 536A, HWR 536A, SWES 536A, PHYS 536A. May be convened with: ATMO 436A. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The purpose of this course is to present an introduction to the physics of the Sun. The course begins with a discussion of the standard solar model, the solar-neutrino problem, and observational techniques. Long-term variability in the total irradiance, sunspot number, and diameter, and its effect on Earth's climate will be addressed in some detail. Other topics include the physics of the solar interior, solar oscillations, and solar composition. This course will also introduce the equations of magnetohydrodynamics and apply them to important solar-physics problems, such as: the solar magnetic dynamo, stability of prominences, physics of sunspots and flares, and heating of the solar atmosphere. The emphasis throughout will be on basic physical processes and the various approximations used in their application to concrete problems. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: PTYS 537; PTYS is home department. 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. Graduate-level requirements include a more quantitative and thorough understanding of the subject matter. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: PTYS 541A. May be convened with: ATMO 441A. 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. Graduate-level requirements include a more quantitative and thorough understanding of the subject matter. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: PTYS 541B. May be convened with: ATMO 441B. Usually offered: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Physical properties of upper atmospheres, including gaseous composition, temperature and density, ozonosphere, and ionospheres, with emphasis on chemical transformations and eddy transport. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. Identical to: PTYS 544; PTYS is home department. 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. Graduate-level requirements include a more quantitative and thorough understanding of the subject matter. Grading: Regular grades are awarded for this course: A B C D E. May be convened with: ATMO 451A. Usually offered: Fall.
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