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Geography 3xxx
Geography 3010 (Meteorology)
General survey of meteorology with focus on physical principles explaining weather change
Geography 3020 (Climatology)
Exchanges of energy and moisture and their significance to human utilization of the Earth’s surface
Geography 3031 (Observations)
Lab experience in acquisition, measurement, and interpretation of meteorological parameters
Geography 3040 (Forecasting)
Lab experience in preparation and dissemination of meteorological forecasts
Geography 3050 (Physical Meteorology)
This course is a survey of atmospheric physics, with a focus on radiation balances, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, and boundary layer meteorology
Geography 4xxx
Geography 4060 (Synoptic Meteorology)
An examination of the construction and analysis of models used in the prediction of meteorological phenomena, the development and maintenance of mid-latitude cyclones, and satellite meteorology
Geography 4070 (Mesoscale Meteorology)
An examination of severe and unusual weather, mesoscale meteorology, atmospheric stability, and radar meteorology
Geography 4080 (Dynamic Meteorology I)
Exploration of the physical forces responsible for atmospheric motions. Topics covered include the wind vector; fundamental and apparent forces; the geostrophic wind; the thermal, mechanical and thermodynamic energy equations; balanced flow; vertical motion and the thermal wind; vorticity; and the vorticity and divergence theorems
Geography 4090 (Dynamic Meteorology II)
Continuation of GEOG 408. Topics covered include Boussinesq approximations; Reynold’s averaging; turbulent kinetic energy; primary and secondary circulations; baroclinic development; geopotential tendency; quasigeostropic motions; omega equation; and wave motions in the atmosphere.
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