Meteorology: Understanding Weather and Climate

Catalog description

An exploration of Earth’s atmosphere, weather phenomena, and changes in climate. This course will introduce students to various aspects of weather and climate, including the mechanisms that cause the weather and how and why climate changes. Topics will include atmospheric structure and circulation, evolution of storm systems, precipitation processes, cloud formation, weather hazards, and mechanisms of climate change. Students wishing to fulfill the General Education laboratory requirement should also take GRY 138 .