Weather Revealed: Introductory Meteorology

Catalog description

Nontechnical treatment of fundamentals of modern meteorology and the effects of weather and climate. Weather Revealed: Introductory Meteorology meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. The objectives of the course are for students to gain a better understanding of atmospheric structure and processes so they can better apply the weather information they encounter - in essence, to help students become better weather consumers. Students will learn to read the sky so they can make their own short-term forecasts and adjust their behavior accordingly. When presented with a weather forecast containing caveats, students will have a better feeling for what controls the evolution of a developing system so they can understand why a certain degree of hedging is necessary. Students will acquire the foundation to evaluate, in a scientifically rigorous way, the veracity of many claims about weather and climate that they might see on television or the internet.