Cloud Physics & Precip Process

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Cloud types and physical characteristics; cloud formation processes; precipitation types and formation processes; vertical stability and its relation to types of cloud and precipitation formation; lightning and other forms of atmospheric electricity; atmospheric optical phenomena such as rainbows, halos, mirages, etc. 3 hrs. lec. Prereq: C- or higher in ESSC 241, or PHYS 231. Coreq or Prereq: MATH 211.