This course is a Science Foundation course for Intellectual Exploration requirements. This course surveys the natural and human induced variations in the earth's climate. Topics include monitoring climate variations, global warming and the greenhouse effect, air-sea climate variations, the climatic effects of volcanic eruptions, and depletion of ozone in the upper atmosphere. This course is a Science Foundation course for Intellectual Exploration requirements. F For students majoring in meteorology or for those students interested in finding out about employment opportunities in the atmospheric sciences.
Invited speakers describe how they apply meteorology in their careers.
Discussions of the current weather are also presented. Repeatable for up to 2 hours. Math 3150, Physc 2220. A survey of the atmosphere for physical science and engineering majors. Topics include the structure of the atmosphere and the fundamental forces that control fluid motion in the atmosphere.