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Meteorology (METR) 1 Meteorology (METR) 1 METR 205 Introduction to Atmospheric Science METEOROLOGY (METR) Prerequisites: MATH 106; METR 100; PHYS 211 or 211H. Description: Conceptual foundations for synoptic and dynamic METR 100 Weather and Climate meteorology. Meteorological data analysis, the dynamics of atmospheric Prerequisites: MATH 101 or higher; or a qualifying Math Placement Exam motions, and atmospheric thermodynamics. score for MATH 102 or 104 or higher Credit Hours: 4 Description: Physical behavior of the atmosphere; elements of weather Max credits per semester: 4 and climate and their distribution over the earth. Weather map analysis Max credits per degree: 4 and forecasting. Atmospheric circulation, precipitation processes, severe Grading Option: Graded with Option weather, air pollution, and the use of weather radar. Concepts of weather Prerequisite for: METR 223; METR 311; METR 323 forecasting. METR 223 Atmospheric Thermodynamics Credit Hours: 4 Prerequisites: METR 153; METR 205; MATH 107 or parallel. Max credits per semester: 4 Description: Basic thermodynamic concepts relevant to atmospheric Max credits per degree: 4 processes, atmospheric stability, and cloud and precipitation micro- Grading Option: Graded with Option physics. Prerequisite for: GEOL 372; METR 153; METR 205; METR 270; METR 446 Credit Hours: 4 ACE: ACE 4 Science Max credits per semester: 4 METR 140 Severe and Unusual Weather Max credits per degree: 4 Prerequisites: MATH 101 or higher; or a qualifying Math Placement Exam Grading Option: Graded with Option score for MATH 102 or 104 or higher. Prerequisite for: METR 341 Notes: METR 140 will not count toward the major in METR. METR 270 Introduction to Climatology Description: Meteorological basics to help understand ice storms, Prerequisites: METR 100 or GEOL 101 blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, droughts, and other unusual Description: Introduction to the components of Earth climate system weather. and the dynamic interactions between them. Topics include spatial and Credit Hours: 3 temporal variations in Earth climate, and how observations, models, and Max credits per semester: 3 theory are used to make predictions about the future climate. Explore the Max credits per degree: 3 impact of human activities on the global climate. Grading Option: Graded with Option Credit Hours: 3 ACE: ACE 4 Science Max credits per semester: 3 METR 153 Introduction to Scientific Programming in Atmospheric Max credits per degree: 3 Science Grading Option: Graded Prerequisites: METR 100 Offered: FALL Notes: No prior programming experience is required. METR 291 Special Topics in Meteorology-Climatology Description: Introduction to problem solving with computers using Description: Topics vary. MATLAB. Topics include language syntax, data types, program Credit Hours: 1-6 organization, problem-solving methods, and algorithm design and Min credits per semester: 1 verification. Basics of problem solving with computers, and the skills Max credits per semester: 6 necessary to analyze and visualize geophysical data sets. Max credits per degree: 6 Credit Hours: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 9 METR 296 Independent Study in Meteorology-Climatology Grading Option: Graded Prerequisites: Permission. Offered: SPRING Description: Independent reading or research under direction of a faculty Prerequisite for: METR 223; METR 311; METR 323 member. Credit Hours: 1-3 METR 180 Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment Min credits per semester: 1 Description: Concepts and processes of the environment, energy, and Max credits per semester: 3 climate change and how they are interrelated. Max credits per degree: 6 Credit Hours: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 METR 311 Dynamic Meteorology I Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisites: METR 153; MATH 208/208H; METR 205; PHYS 211/211H ACE: ACE 4 Science Description: Equations of thermodynamics, momentum, and continuity are derived and applied to atmospheric motion. Energy conservation, flows, and conversions. Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisite for: METR 312 2 Meteorology (METR) METR 312 Dynamic Meteorology II METR 415 General Circulation of the Atmosphere Prerequisites: METR 311; MATH 221/821. Crosslisted with: METR 815 Description: Applications of the principles of dynamic meteorology to the Prerequisites: Junior standing; METR 475/875; PHYS 211/211H; and problems of forecasting and meteorological problems. PHYS 221. Credit Hours: 3 Description: Development of the atmospheric circulation regimes, from Max credits per semester: 3 planetary scale (e.g., the planetary waves) to synoptic scale (e.g., the Max credits per degree: 3 cyclones and anticyclones) and mesoscale, their seasonal variations, and Grading Option: Graded with Option their roles in horizontal vertical energy and water transport and budgets Offered: FALL/SPR in the Earth system. METR 323 Physical Meteorology Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisites: METR 153; METR 205; PHYS 212/212H Max credits per semester: 3 Description: Physical principles that provide the foundation for Max credits per degree: 3 meteorology. Absorption, scattering, and transmission of radiation in the Grading Option: Graded with Option atmosphere, atmospheric optics, atmospheric electricity, and lightning. METR 421 Cloud Physics Credit Hours: 4 Crosslisted with: METR 821 Max credits per semester: 4 Prerequisites: METR 223 and METR 323 or equivalent Max credits per degree: 4 Description: Buoyancy and parcel mixing, cloud physics instrumentation, Grading Option: Graded with Option the role of aerosols in precipitation processes, growth of liquid cloud METR 341 Synoptic Meteorology droplets/raindrops/ice crystals, processes associated with falling Prerequisites: METR 223 precipitation particles, drop size distributions and their moments, Description: Dynamic and thermodynamic concepts and principles applications to convection, and parameterizations of cloud microphysical applied to synoptic-scale weather forecasting. Dynamics, energetics, processes for numerical modeling applications. structure, evolution, and motion of extra-tropical cyclones. Meteorological Credit Hours: 3 communications, interpretation and analysis of weather maps, and Max credits per semester: 3 thermodynamic diagrams. Max credits per degree: 3 Credit Hours: 4 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per semester: 4 METR 428 Air Pollution Max credits per degree: 4 Crosslisted with: METR 828 Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisites: 6 hrs METR; CHEM 109 or CHEM 109A and 109L METR 370 Applied Climatology Description: Basic processes (e.g., emission, transport, first-order Crosslisted with: NRES 370 chemical reaction, and deposition) associated with air pollution and their Prerequisites: Junior or Senior Standing combination with meteorology for air quality forecasting. Environmental Description: Processes that give rise to spatial and temporal differences topics: acid rain; smog; air pollution; ozone hole; greenhouse gases; in climate. Various interrelationships between humans and climate. aerosols; long-range transport; civic regulations and international treaties Influence of climate on building styles, the economy, water resources, on air pollution; and climate change. human health, and society. Humans' inadvertent and purposeful Credit Hours: 3 modification of the atmosphere. Max credits per semester: 3 Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Max credits per degree: 3 METR 433 Boundary-layer Meteorology Grading Option: Graded with Option Crosslisted with: METR 833 Offered: FALL Prerequisites: METR 223 and MATH 208/208H METR 408 Microclimate: The Biological Environment Description: Basic concepts of atmospheric turbulence and fundamental Crosslisted with: AGRO 408, GEOG 408, HORT 408, NRES 408, WATS 408, dynamics, thermodynamics, and structure of the atmospheric boundary AGRO 808, GEOG 808, HORT 808, METR 808, NRES 808 layer are discussed. Atmospheric boundary layer parameterizations used Prerequisites: Junior standing, MATH 106 or equivalent, 5 hrs physics, in modern weather and climate models are presented. major in any of the physical or biological sciences or engineering. Credit Hours: 3 Description: Physical factors that create the biological environment. Max credits per semester: 3 Radiation and energy balances of earth's surfaces, terrestrial and marine. Max credits per degree: 3 Temperature, humidity, and wind regimes near the surface. Control of the Grading Option: Graded with Option physical environment through irrigation, windbreaks, frost protection, Prerequisite for: METR 933 manipulation of light, and radiation. Applications to air pollution research. Instruments for measuring environmental conditions and remote sensing of the environment. Credit Hours: 3 Max credits per semester: 3 Max credits per degree: 3 Grading Option: Graded with Option Prerequisite for: AGRO 907, HORT 907, METR 907, NRES 907; BSEN 954, NRES 954 Meteorology (METR) 3 METR 442 Advanced Synoptic Meteorology-Climatology METR 450 Climate and Society Crosslisted with: METR 842 Crosslisted with: AGRO 450, GEOG 450, NRES 452, AGRO 850, GEOG 850, Prerequisites: METR 341. METR 850, NRES 852 Description: Analysis and forecasting of subsynoptic-scale weather Prerequisites: Junior standing or above. systems. Convection, thunderstorm models, severe local storm
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