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  • ATM 402/502: The Global Carbon Cycle

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (3-0) 3 credits. Prerequisite: One semester each of college level biology, chemistry, and physics. The fundamental processes that describe the keystone position of carbon and life in the earth system will be covered in detail. The majority of the course will focus upon photosynthesis and respiration on land and in the oceans, and how these processes have shaped earth's evolution. The interrelationships of the biogeochemical cycles that couple photosynthesis and respiration will be introduced. Topics will cover scales from sub-cellular to global in scope. ATM 502 satisfies the Earth Systems distribution requirement for the ATM M.S. program. Students enrolled in ATM 502 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in ATM 402.
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  • ATM 403/503: Biogeochemistry

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (3-0) 3 credits. Prerequisite: ATM 402/502 or permission of instructor. The earth system is tightly connected through biogeochemical interactions. This course will present a multidisciplinary array of intermediate and advanced topics in terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric biogeochemistry. Instantaneous to decadal timescale interactions of carbon, water, and multiple nutrient cycles will be discussed, and a critical survey of the state-of-the-art field, modeling, and remote sensing methods for studying biogeochemical cycles will be presented. ATM 503 satisfies the Earth Systems distribution requirement for the ATM M.S. program. Students enrolled in ATM 503 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in ATM 403.
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  • ATM 404/504: Atmospheric Thermodynamics

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (3-0) 3 credits. Prerequisites: PHYS 211 and MATH 225 or permission of instructor. This course will cover topics related to the thermodynamics of the atmosphere, particularly as they apply to a parcel of air. It will include the history of gas laws leading to the ideal gas law, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, adiabatic transformations and the introduction of entropy, the thermodynamic properties of water in its three phases, the effects of water vapor on the thermodynamics of atmospheric processes. Vertical stability will be introduced and atmospheric thermodynamic diagrams will be discussed. Students enrolled in ATM 504 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in ATM 404.
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  • ATM 405/505: Air Quality

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (3-0) 3 credits. Prerequisites: Math 125 or equivalent and one semester of college chemistry. Up-to-date problems and trends in urban air quality, global effects of environmental pollution, effects of air pollutants on weather processes, the technology of pollutant production, and pollutant dispersal. A treatment of the chemistry and physics of reactions involving primary air pollutants is included. Satisfies the Earth Systems distribution requirement for the ATM M.S. program. Students enrolled in ATM 505 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in ATM 405.
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  • ATM 406: Global Environmental Change

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (3-0) 3 credits. Prerequisite: CHEM 112 or equivalent, PHYS 111 or PHYS 113, BIOL 311, or permission of instructor. Major global environmental changes will be addressed using an interdisciplinary approach. Topics will include basic processes and principles of ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, major climate controls, atmospheric chemistry and feedbacks between climate and various earth system processes. This course is cross-listed with BIOL 403.
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  • ATM 450/450L: Synoptic Meteorology I

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (2-1) 3 credits. Prerequisite: ATM 301. Analysis of surface synoptic weather, upper air, and vertical temperature-moisture soundings; the structure of extratropical storms, synoptic-scale processes responsible for development of precipitation and severe weather phenomena.
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  • ATM 460/560: Atmospheric Dynamics

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (3-0) 3 credits. Prerequisites: MATH 321 and PHYS 211. Equations of motion, kinematics of fluid flow, continuity equation, vertical motion, theorems of circulation and vorticity, quasigeostrophic systems, and wave motions in the atmosphere. Satisfies the meteorology distribution requirement for the ATM M.S. program. Students enrolled in ATM 560 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in ATM 460.
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  • ATM 491: Independent Study

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    1 to 3 credits. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting frequency depends upon the requirements of the topic. May be repeated to a total of three (3) credit hours.
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  • ATM 492: Topics

    1.00 - 3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    1 to 3 credits. Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement. May be repeated to a total of five (5) credit hours.
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  • ATM 515/515L: Earth Systems Modeling

    3.00 Credits
    South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    (2-1) 3 credits. Prerequisite: MATH 125 or equivalent. This course provides the background for earth systems and climate modeling, with student projects on 0-D, 1-D, and 2-D models. The course will cover: radiation balance, climate feedback mechanisms, greenhouse gases, biogeochemical coupling, land and ocean surface processes, ecosystems, ocean circulations, and sea ice. Course will include familiarization of systems modeling using the STELLA modeling package. Students will also collaborate to develop components of a larger modeling project. Satisfies the Techniques distribution requirement for the ATM M.S. program.
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