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2.00 Credits
Understanding our environment requires understanding how measurements of it are made. The techniques and instrumentation required to observe conditions near and immediately above the earth's surface are introduced. Laboratory and field exercises are used to develop experience applicable for careers in the atmospheric and environmental fields. Prerequisites: ATMOS 5000.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to atmospheric fluid dynamics, including fundamental forces, conservation laws, governing equations, circulation and vorticity. Prerequisites: ATMOS 5000 AND MATH 2210. Corequisites: MATH 2250.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of modern-day synoptic meteorology and its applications, with emphasis on the integrated use of numerical analysis, atmospheric dynamics, and physical meteorology to understand, explain, and predict the evolution of mid-latitude weather systems. Prerequisites: ATMOS 5100. Corequisites: ATMOS 5120.
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1.00 Credits
Student-led analysis and prediction of current and future weather using modern analysis and forecast tools. Repetitive for up to 2 credit hours. Corequisites: ATMOS 5110.
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1.50 Credits
Characteristics of surface-based fronts, upper-level fronts, and mid-latitude cyclones, including the use of quasigeostrophic theory and potential vorticity thinking for synoptic analysis. Prerequisites: ATMOS 5110.
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1.50 Credits
Fundamentals of radar meteorology; use of surface-based, aircraft-based, and satellite-based radar to study clouds, rainfall, and storms. Quantitative description of cumulus convection, multicell and supercell storms, mesoscale convective systems, local circulations (thermal and terrain forcing), downslope windstorms. Emphasis is on using observed characteristics to develop a physical and dynamical understanding of phenomena over a range of scales. Whenever possible, we will undertake real-time examination of storms as they may develop around the country. Prerequisites: ATMOS 5000 AND ATMOS 5340.
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3.00 Credits
Synoptic and mesoscale meteorology in complex terrain including orographically-modified cyclone evolution, frontal interaction with topography, terrain- and thermally-driven circulations, mountain waves, downslope winds, gap winds, and orographic precipitation. Prerequisites: ATMOS 5000.
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4.00 Credits
Field sessions require clothing and equipment that allow students to participate in outdoor activities. Students must be able to ski or snowshoe, climb steep terrain, and safely ski back down. Two lectures or discussions weekly combined with one full afternoon in field. Second lecture meets at Alta Town Library before field session. Provides thorough background in technical avalanche forecasting procedures. Study of conditions leading to snow avalanches, broader aspects of snow in all its phases.
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1.50 Credits
Siting of wind turbines, regional wind resource assessment, and short-term prediction of the wind resource. Aspects of boundary layer meteorology important for wind energy: wind profiles and shear, turbulence and gusts, and extreme winds. Wind climate analysis, wind resource estimation and siting, and their relation to local topography and surface features. Meteorological models used for estimation and prediction of the wind: their types, inputs, limitations, and requirements. Prerequisites: MATH 1220 AND (PHYS 2220 OR ATMOS 5000).
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3.00 Credits
Thermodynamics of dry and moist air, including adiabatic processes, parcel theory, and thermodynamic diagrams; boundary layer structure and processes, including turbulence, surface fluxes, vertical structure and diurnal cycle. Prerequisites: ATMOS 5000. Corequisites: MATH 2250.
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