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A study of major climate types, their controls, distribution patterns and significance. Examination of the causes and implications of climatic change. Prerequisites:
GEO 201 or ENS 101 or MET 101 or
MET 140 or
MET 260.
Credits
3(3-0)
Thermodynamic properties of dry and moist air. Atmospheric stability. Theory and applications of thermodynamic diagrams. Structure and evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer. Prerequisites:
MET 260 with a grade of C- or better;
MTH 133. Pre/Co-requisite: PHY 145.
Credits
3(2-2)
Design and use of meteorological instrumentation, including meteorological radar and satellites. Prerequisites:
MET 310 with a grade of C- or better.
Credits
3(3-0)
Analysis of different types of meteorological data using meteorological software within the Linux operating system, including proper ways to visualize and present data. Prerequisites:
MET 310 with a C- or better.
Credits
2(1-2)
Microphysical processes in warm and cold clouds. Properties of radiation and radiative transfer in the atmosphere. Prerequisites:
MET 310 with a grade of C- or better; PHY 145;
MTH 133.
Credits
3(3-0)
Application of Newton's laws of motion to various scales of atmospheric phenomena. Vorticity, divergence and vertical motion. Prerequisites:
MET 310 with a grade of C- or better;
MTH 233; PHY 145. Pre/Co-requisite:
MET 340.
Credits
3(3-0)
Quasi-geostrophic theory and its application in weather prediction and diagnosis. Atmospheric waves, baroclinic instability theory. Prerequisite:
MET 330 with a grade of C- or better.
Credits
3(3-0)
Analysis of large-scale weather patterns through the application of concepts from physical and dynamical meteorology. Focus on cyclogenesis and frontogenesis. Prerequisites:
MET 310 with a grade of C- or better;
MET 312;
MTH 233; PHY 145. Pre/Co-requisite:
MET 330.
Credits
3(2-2)
Advanced analysis of large-scale weather patterns through the application of concepts from physical and dynamical meteorology. Focus on quasi-geostrophic, isentropic, and potential vorticity frameworks. Prerequisite:
MET 340 with a grade of C- or better. Pre/Co-requisite:
MET 335.
Credits
3(2-2)
Climatology and weather analysis in the tropics: streamlines, time sections. Air-sea interaction, convection, tropical disturbances, hurricanes, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and tropical/mid-latitude interaction. Pre/Co-requisites:
MET 335, 345.
Credits
3(3-0)
Presentation of past, current, and forecast weather data to an audience of meteorology majors and faculty. Prerequisite:
MET 260.
Credits
1(1-0)
Various special topics in atmospheric science. Repeatable up to 6 credits when content previously studied is not duplicated. Prerequisite: See Course Search and Registration.
Credits
1-6(Spec)