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3.00 Credits
(3 cr) Prereq: Junior standing, MATH 106 or equivalent, 5 hrs physics, major in any of the physical or biological sciences or engineering; or permission. For course description, see NRES 408/808.
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3.00 Credits
Lec 3. Prereq: CSCE 150E; MATH 208/208H; METR 205; PHYS 212/212H. Equations of thermodynamics, momentum, and continuity are derived and applied to atmospheric motion. Energy conservation, flows, and conversions.
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3.00 Credits
Lec 3. Prereq: METR 411/811. Applications of the principles of dynamic meteorology to the problems of forecasting and meteorological problems.
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4.00 Credits
Lec 3, lab 2. Prereq: CSCE 150E; METR 205; PHYS 212/212H. Physical principles that provide the foundation for meteorology. Absorption, scattering, and transmission of radiation in the atmosphere, cloud physics, precipitation process, atmospheric optics, and lightning.
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3.00 Credits
Lec 3. Prereq: 6 hrs METR; CHEM 109. Basic processes (e.g., emission, transport, chemical reaction, and deposition) associated with atmospheric chemistry and combining meteorology and atmospheric chemistry for air quality forecasting. Environmental topics: acid rain, smog, air pollution, and ozone holes in the context of climate change.
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4.00 Credits
Lec 3, lab 2. Prereq: METR 205. Dynamic and thermodynamic concepts and principles are applied to synoptic-scale weather forecasting. Dynamics, energetics, structure, evolution, and motion of extra-tropical cyclones. Meteorological communications, interpretation and analysis of weather maps, and thermodynamic diagrams.
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4.00 Credits
Lec 3, lab 1. Prereq: METR 441/841. Analysis and forecasting of subsynoptic-scale weather systems. Convection, thunderstorm models, severe local storm forecasting techniques, mesoscale convective complexes, vertical crosssections, isentropic analysis, and weather radar.
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3.00 Credits
Lec 3. Prereq: METR 205. Dynamics of various types of severe weather (blizzards, flash floods, lightning, thunderstorms and winter and summer tornado outbreaks). Interpretation of the numerical and statistical models utilized to forecast these phenomena. Synoptic case studies of severe weather occurrences. Recent research on severe weather.
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3.00 Credits
(3 cr) Prereq: METR 200 or 351 or equivalent, or permission. Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years. For course description, see NRES 452/852.
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3.00 Credits
Lec 3. Prereq: METR 441/841 or parallel. Concepts and principles related to meteorological observations from satellites. Applications for weather analysis and forecasting.
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