Atmospheric Convection credit:

4 Hours

Qualitative and quantitative examination of atmospheric convection on a variety of scales. Topics covered include buoyancy, dry convection, boundary layer convection, cumulus clouds and entrainment, and different morphologies of thunderstorms, including tropical convection, single-cell convection, multicellular convection, mesoscale convective systems, supercellular convection, and tornadoes. 4 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: ATMS 301 and ATMS 302 , or Graduate Standing.