Geography 302 (Meteorology)- Offered in Fall,Winter,Spring
- General survey of meteorology with focus on physical principles explaining weather change
Geography 303 (Climatology)- Offered in Spring of Odd Years
- Exchanges of energy and moisture and their significance to human utilization of the Earth's surface
Geography 304 (Observations)- Offered in Fall,Winter,Spring
- Lab experience in acquisition, measurement, and interpretation of meteorological parameters
Geography 305 (Forecasting)- Offered in Fall, Winter, Spring
- Lab experience in preparation and dissemination of meteorological forecasts
Geography 310 (Phyiscal Meteorology)- Offered in Winter of Odd Years
- This course is a survey of atmospheric physics, with a focus on radiation balances, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, and boundary layer meteorology
- The construction and analysis of models used in the prediction of meteorological phenomena
Geography 407 (Synoptic Meteorology II)- Offered Spring
- Capstone course in meteorology. Advanced topics in synoptic meteorology. Includes lab
Geography 408 (Dynamic Meteorology I)- Offered in Winter of Even Years
- Exploration of the physical forces responsible for atmospheric motions. Topics covered include the wind vector; fundamental and apparent forces; the geostrophic wind; the thermal, mechanical and thermodynamic energy equations; balanced flow; vertical motion and the thermal wind; vorticity; and the vorticity and divergence theorems
Geography 409 (Dynamic Meteorology II)- Offered in Spring of Even Years
- Continuation of GEOG 408. Topics covered include Boussinesq approximations; Reynold’s averaging; turbulent kinetic energy; primary and secondary circulations; baroclinic development; geopotential tendency; quasigeostropic motions; omega equation; and wave motions in the atmosphere
