Storms-Mesoscale

3 cr · Graduate

This course focuses on a range of storms, and mesoscale phenomena in the summer and winter. These include thunderstorms, tornadoes, squall lines, lightening, low level jets, gust fronts, blizzards, freezing rain, orographic storm, and polar lows. The emphasis in on the physical mechanisms leading to these events and it also examines how they may change in our warming climate. This course cannot be held for credit with GEOG 4780 .