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Fall '99Section seat counts current as of: Sep 22 09:30METO Meteorology( Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) METO200 Weather and Climate; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Physical Science (PS) Course.Prerequisites: MATH 110 or MATH 115. Recommended as a corequisite: METO 201. Broad survey of the state of knowledge and problems of atmospheric science. Origin and structure of the atmosphere, meteorological observations, weather maps, forecasting, satellites, energetics, wind, general circulation, storms, severe weather, climate change, air pollution, and weather modification. METO201 Weather and Climate Laboratory; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Physical Science Lab (PL) Course. Corequisite: METO 200. Laboratory exercises to supplement METO 200, including weather observations, weather map analysis, use of the Internet, forecasting practice, and climate modeling. METO434 Air Pollution; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: {CHEM 113 and MATH 241} or permission of department. Production, transformation, transport and removal of air pollutants. The problems of photochemical smog, the greenhouse effect, stratospheric ozone, acid rain, and visibility. Analytical techniques for gases and particles. METO499 Special Problems in Atmospheric Science; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. METO499A Special Problems in Atmospheric Science: Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. METO600 Synoptic Meteorology I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Pre- or corequisites: METO 610; and METO 620. Observational approach to the atmosphere, the nature of storms, and the techniques of forecasting, including the use of numerical guidance. METO610 Dynamic Meteorology I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Pre- or corequisite: MATH 462. The equations of atmospheric motion and their elementary applications; circulation and vorticity; planetary boundary layer; diagnostic analysis with the quasi-geostrophic equations; atmospheric oscillations; baroclinic instability and dynamics of mid-latitude systems; the atmospheric energy cycle; the general circulation of troposphere and stratosphere. METO614 Computational Methods for Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: METO 611 or equivalent. Numerical techniques for the solution of partial differential equations; application to the equations of atmospheric motion; Eulerian, Lagrangian and spectral methods; numerical models of the general circulation; current applications to research and forecasting. METO617 General Circulation of the Atmosphere; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: METO 610. Equations for mean axially symmetric and asymmetric fields of atmospheric motion; observed circulations; budget of heat, momentum and water vapor; energetics; simplified solutions of mean axially symmetric and asymmetric fields of motion; numerical simulation of general circulation. METO620 Physical Meteorology I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: MATH 461. Atmospheric thermodynamics. The microphysics of cloud formation and precipitation. METO625 Remote Inference of Atmospheric Properties by Satellite; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: METO 621; and MATH 461. Weather satellite programs and instrumentation. Radiative transfer applied to satellite observations. Physical basis of remote inference. Temperature and moisture soundings. Errors in satellite retrievals. Applications to numerical weather simulation and prediction. METO637 Atmospheric Chemistry; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: CHEM 481 or METO 620. Also offered as CHEM 637. Application of the techniques of thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy and photochemistry to atmospheric gases and particles. Investigation of the global cycles of C, H, O, N, and S species; the use of laboratory and field measurements in computer models of the atmosphere. METO658E Special Topics in Meteorology; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. METO670 General Circulation of the Ocean; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: METO 610 or equivalent. Statistics and dynamics of oceanic circulation on interannual to decadal time-scales. Water masses. Sources of deep water. Simple models of the ventilation of the deep ocean. Linear and nonlinear theories of the circulation of the midlatitude gyres. Theories of the maintenance of the pycnocline; the freshwater cycle; the energy cycle; ocean chemistry and the carbon cycle. METO798 Directed Graduate Research; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Course intended for those students not yet admitted to PhD candidacy to work on research with a professor.
METO899
Doctoral Dissertation Research;
(1-8 credits)
Grade Method: S-F.
Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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