Atmospheric composition and structure, clouds, precipitation, and atmospheric motion and winds. Organized weather systems, including air masses, fronts, and severe weather. Discussion of global climates includes circulation, wind systems, climate classification, and climate change.

Atmospheric composition and structure, clouds, precipitation, and atmospheric motion and winds. Organized weather systems, including air masses, fronts, and severe weather. Discussion of global climates includes circulation, wind systems, climate classification, and climate change.

Optional laboratory for Introduction to Weather and Climate.

Climatology from local to global scales. Topics include radiation/heat exchanges, the hydrologic cycle, global climate patterns, climate change, measurement and data sources, relationships of climate with ecosystem processes, and human activities, and climate forecasting.

The collection, display, and application of weather data. The use of meteorological instruments, codes, maps, atmospheric soundings, and thermodynamics diagrams. Interpretation of weather maps using basic meteorological principles.

The causes, impacts and policies regarding hazards due to atmospheric phenomena, including hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, extreme temperature and precipitation events, and climate change.

The causes, impacts, and policies regarding hazards due to atmospheric phenomena, including hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, extreme temperature and precipitation events, and climate change.

Critical examination of the history of the atmospheric sciences in the U.S. with a focus on the foundational contributions of African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native American scientists. In addition, the key roles of women, the LGBTQ community, people with physical disabilities, and neurodiverse people in the atmospheric sciences are highlighted.

Provides students with the opportunity to critically evaluate the climatic and environmental changes currently facing our planet. Students will gain knowledge of the mechanisms that force climate and the human activities that affect the magnitude and direction of these forcing mechanisms and the impacts associated with these changes.

Introduces second- and third-year students to the courses and opportunities available to Geography and Atmospheric Sciences majors and helps students develop a course plan for future semesters. Students will learn about the work being done by students who have graduated from the department. Students will also develop strategies for effective resumes and cover letters, online and in-person networking, and internship and job interviews.

Students will intern at a private firm, governmental agency, or non-governmental organization where they will utilize atmospheric sciences and related techniques in approaching practical problems relevant to the organization’s mission. An initial orientation and a post-internship evaluation with the internship coordinator are required.

An introduction to computer programming for atmospheric scientists. Students will learn to navigate the scientific computing environment and work with several computing languages. A study of applications of scientific computing for modeling atmospheric processes and data analysis. The course will be hands- on and focused around several practical programming assignments.