Meteorology

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture | 2 hrs Lab) This course surveys the causes and characteristics of weather. Fundamental thermodynamic and hydrodynamic principles of atmospheric physics will be reviewed. Common and severe/unusual weather phenomena will be explained, as will be the processes involved in the preparation of weather forecasts. Requisite Courses: GEOG 1205(3) or the former GEOG-1201(3) [prerequisite(s)]; GEOG-2210L (lab) (must be taken concurrently).