Physical Meteorology
General
Prefix
AHS
Course Number
465
Course Level
Undergraduate
Department/Unit(s)
College/School
College of Science and Engineering
Description
Principles of atmospheric physics including radiation laws, radiative transfer, atmospheric aerosols, cloud microphysics, physics of precipitation formation, atmospheric electricity, atmospheric optics. Meteorological radar.
Prerequisites
Credits
Min
3
Max
3
Goals and Diversity
Learning Outcomes
Outcome
Apply basic radiation laws to radiative transfer in the atmosphere.
Outcome
Calculate the growth of an ice crystal for various cloud conditions, and relate this to the Bergeron process.
Outcome
Develop and apply a relationship between rainfall and radar reflectivity.
Outcome
Calculate the growth of a raindrop through the collision-coalescence process.
Dependencies
Programs
AHS465
is a
completion requirement
for: