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AOSC Atmospheric and Oceanic Science ( Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences)AOSC123 Causes and Implications of Global Change; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Physical Science (PS) Course.Also offered as GEOG123, and GEOL123. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AOSC123, GEOG123, GEOL123, or METO123. Formerly METO123. This course offers a unique experience in integrating physical, chemical, geological and biological sciences with geographical, economic, sociological and political knowledge skills toward a better understanding of global change. Review of environmental science relating to weather and climate change, acid precipitation, ozone holes, global warming and impacts on biology, agriculture and human behavior. Study of the natural, long-term variability of the global environment, and what influence mankind may have in perturbing it from its natural evolution. Concepts of how physical, biological and human behavioral systems interact, and the repercussions which may follow from human endeavors. The manner in which to approach decision and policy making related to issues of global change. AOSC200 Weather and Climate; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Physical Science (PS) Course. Prerequisites: MATH110 or MATH115. Recommended as a corequisite: AOSC201/METO201. Formerly METO200. 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. CORE Physical Science Lab (PL) course only when taken concurrently with AOSC 201. A Marquee Science and Technology Course designed for Non-Science Majors: http://www.marqueecourses.umd.edu/* Click here for more Marquee course information. AOSC201 Weather and Climate Laboratory; (1 credit) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Physical Science Lab (PL) Course. Corequisite: AOSC200/METO200. Formerly METO201. Laboratory exercises to supplement AOSC200, including weather observations, weather map analysis, use of the Internet, forecasting practice and climate modeling. CORE Physical Science Lab (PL) course only when taken concurrently with AOSC 200. AOSC375 Introduction to the Blue Ocean; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: MATH140. Recommended: MATH141, PHYS161, or PHYS171. Also offered as GEOL375. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GEOL 375 or METO 375. Introduction to physical, chemical, and biological properties of the ocean. Role of the ocean in climate as a component of the Earth system. El Nino and the ocean, imipact of global warming on the ocean and marine habitats including fisheries. AOSC401 Global Environment; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AOSC400/METO400. Formerly METO401. The global weather and climate system; the natural variability of the atmosphere-ocean-biosphere. Potential human effects: greenhouse effects, deforestation, acid rain, ozone depletion, nuclear winter. Social, political and economic effects of changes in global environment. Policy options. AOSC432 Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers II; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: AOSC431/METO431. Corequisite: MATH246. 3 semester hours. Formerly METO432. The general character of the atmosphere and its weather and climate systems, phenomena and distributions of variables (winds, temperature, pressure and moisture). The formal framework of the science; the application of basic classical physics, chemistry, mathematics and computational sciences to the atmosphere. AOSC434 Air Pollution; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisites: {CHEM113 and MATH241} or permission of department. Formerly METO434. 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. AOSC499 Special Problems in Atmospheric Science; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AOSC611 Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans II; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: METO 610. Formerly METO611. Waves and instabilities in the atmosphere and the ocean. Gravity, Rossby, coastal and equatorial waves. Flow over topography. Dynamic instabilities including barotropic, baroclinic, inertial, and instabilities of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. Stationary waves and multiple equilibria. AOSC617 Atmospheric and Oceanic Climate; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: METO 610 or approval of instructor. Formerly METO617. The general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, historical perspective, observations, and conceptual models; wind-driven and thermohaline circulation of the oceans. Seasonal cycle and monsoon circulations; interannual to interdecadal climate variability; climate change. AOSC621 Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere II; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: MATH 462 or equivalent PDE (partial differential equations) course; and METO 620. Formerly METO621. Spectroscopy; basic concepts in radiative transfer and atmospheric chemistry; photolysis rates for atmospheric molecules. AOSC624 Remote Sensing of Surface Climate; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: MATH 240; MATH 241, and METO 400. The theory and principles of remote sensing as applicable to earth observing satellites. Discussed will be current methods to interpret satellite observations into useful climate parameters. Emphasis will be placed on parameters that provide information about the climate close to the earth surface, and that can be inferred on regional to global scales. Examples are: surface temperature and reflectivity, radiation budgets, soil moisture, and vegetation cover. AOSC630 Statistical Methods in Meteorology and Oceanography; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: STAT 400 or equivalent introductory statistics course. Formerly METO630. Parametric and non-parametric tests; time series analysis and filtering; wavelets. Multiple regression and screening; neural networks. Empirical orthogonal functions and teleconnections. Statistical weather and climate prediction, including MOS, constructed analogs. Ensemble forecasting and verification. AOSC637 Atmospheric Chemistry; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisites: CHEM 481 or METO 620. Also offered as CHEM 637. Formerly METO637. 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. AOSC658 Special Topics in Meteorology; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AOSC658E Special Topics in Meteorology: Data Assimulation; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AOSC658R Special Topics in Meteorology: Air Pollution; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. AOSC798 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. AOSC898 Pre-Candidacy Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG/S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. AOSC899 (PermReq) Doctoral Dissertation Research; (6 credits) Grade Method: S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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