GEOG 5050 - Physical Meteorology

This course is a survey of atmospheric physics, with a focus on radiation balances, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, and boundary layer meteorology.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture, 1.0 research
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students can explain moist atmospheric processes, static stability, the construction, and application of adiabatic diagrams used in meteorology, and boundary layer meteorology.
Students can explain radiation, radiative transfer, and cloud microphysics.
Students can understand physical processes relative to meteorology.