Overview
Description
Mid latitude cyclones and weather forecasting; tropical meteorology.
Requirements
Prerequisites
ATMS 117ATMS 121GEOG 121PHYS 181MATH 285
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): ATMS 117; ATMS 121 or GEOG 121; PHYS 181; MATH 285.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate understanding of atmospheric flows and thermodynamics in the atmosphere to establish a foundation for future courses.
- use surface weather maps and atmospheric sounding data to obtain information about atmospheric conditions.
- demonstrate understanding of mathematical methods to describe physical phenomena in the atmosphere.
- derive the governing equations for mass and momentum in the atmosphere and simplify using scale analysis.
- use open access sources of atmospheric data from both observations and numerical models.
- demonstrate enhanced computational skills for accessing data, plotting graphs, and data analysis.