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3.00 Credits
First and second principles of thermodynamics, water-air systems, equilibrium of small droplets and crystals, thermodynamic processes in the atmosphere, atmospheric statics, vertical stability and aerological diagrams. 3 hrs. lec.
Prerequisite:
C- or higher in ESCI 241. Coreq or Prereq: MATH 311.
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3.00 Credits
Centered difference approximations, total derivative, and basic kinematics; fundamental and apparent forces; mass and momentum conservation; equations of motion and their applications; circulation, vorticity, and divergence.
Prerequisite:
C- or higher in ESCI 241 and PHYS 231. Coreq or Prereq: MATH 311.
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3.00 Credits
Ageostrophic wind; quasi-geostrophic theory; theory and properties of atmospheric waves, including gravity waves, sound waves, internal waves, inertial-gravity waves; geostrophic adjustment; atmospheric instabilities, including inertial/slantwise instability, barotropic and baroclinic instability. 3 hrs. lec.
Prerequisite:
ESCI 342.
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3.00 Credits
General circulation of the tropics; energy balance; boundary layer; cumulus convection; survey of tropical disturbances including tropical cyclones. 3 hrs. lec.
Prerequisite:
C- or higher in ESCI 341, 342.
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3.00 Credits
H:Tropical Meteorology
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3.00 Credits
Quantitative description and analysis of atmospheric radiation and its interaction with atmospheric constituents (gases, aerosol, and clouds) and the land and ocean surfaces. Topics include properties of radiation, the electromagnetic spectrum, reflection and refraction, radiative properties of natural surfaces, thermal emission, atmospheric transmission, atmospheric emission (the Schwarzschild Equation) and absorption, scattering and absorption by molecules and particles, radiative transfer with multiple scattering, numerical modeling of atmospheric radiation, relevance for climate and weather.
Prerequisite:
C- or higher in ESCI 241, or PHYS 231. Coreq or Prereq: MATH 311.
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3.00 Credits
Orbital and radiative transfer physics applied to satellite meteorology systems. Contemporary applications of satellite remote sensing of the atmosphere, including the retrieval of cloud microphysics and precipitation, the generation of atmospheric vertical profiles of temperature and moisture, the retrieval of wind, and image interpretation in the context of weather forecasting. 3 hrs. lec.
Prerequisite:
ESCI 241; MATH 161 or MATH 163.
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2.00 Credits
Preparation and presentation of weather information to the public; graphics preparation, television and radio weathercasting; video production. 1 hr. lec. 2 hrs. studio.
Prerequisite:
C- or higher in ESCI 241 or COMM 320.
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3.00 Credits
Theory, application, methods of analysis and instrumentation relevant to a study of the chemistry of the atmosphere. 3 hrs. of integrated lecture/lab/ working group activities. May be used as an elective in meteorology and environmental chemistry if not counted as P course.
Prerequisite:
Minimum of 36 credit hours, COMM 100, ENGL 110; junior status; CHEM 104 or CHEM 111; and PHYS 132 or PHYS 232.
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3.00 Credits
Overall intellectual and institutional development of meteorology from Aristotle to present, with emphasis on the 20th century. Historical overviews of dynamic meteorology and numerical weather prediction, observational tools (the history of radar and satellites) and computational devices, cloud microphysics and dynamics, hurricanes, convective storms and climatology. Spotlights key scientists and their role in the advancement of atmospheric sciences. 3 hrs. lec.
Prerequisite:
ESCI 107, 109, or ESCI 241; and HIST 101 or 102 or 106, or 340; COMM 100, ENGL 110 and junior status.
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