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GEOG 2331

Climatology

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2024

Topics

  • include energy balance, moisture and cloud development in the atmosphere, atmospheric
  • dynamics, small- and large-scale circulations, storms and cyclones, and weather forecasting
  • Climatology topics include the interaction between the atmosphere and oceans over long time
  • periods, climate classification, and the potential for climatic change

Readings

  • Ahrens, Jackson and Jackson, 2016. Meteorology Today, 2nd Canadian Edition (Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd).
Winter 2024

Topics

  • the atmosphere, atmospheric dynamics, small and large scale circulations, storms and cyclones
  • oceans over long time periods, climate classification, and the potential for climatic change
  • the physics that drive weather systems
  • examine the features that create
  • climatic patterns at small (micro) and large (macro) scales
  • and consider the impacts that climate
  • and weather have on human systems, and vice versa

Readings

  • Ahrens, Jackson and Jackson, 2016. Meteorology Today 2nd Canadian Edition (Nelson Education) WITH MINDTAP ACCESS.
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