Regional Climate and Terrestrial Surface Processes

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Seminar, three hours. Designed for graduate students. Physical concepts and basic principles of land-surface/atmosphere interactions. Exploration of topics in terms of regional and global perspective and implications. Human activities cause changes in land cover, which in turn affect regional climate. Some regions, in particular, appear to be hot spots. Regions to be studied in detail. S/U or letter grading.