GEOG 240

Catalog description

This course provides students with an understanding of the processes that drive weather patterns, the general circulation of the atmosphere, and climate on earth. In this class, we will develop an understanding of why weather happens, and why weather changes. We will learn how to interpret weather maps. We will gain new quantitative skills while learning about physical laws that govern weather and climate patterns. We will learn about the climate system, and the physical basis for climate change today compared to the past. And, we will understand the myriad ways, minor and major, that weather, climate, and society are intertwined.