BSc (120 credit hour) Major in Physics combined with a Diploma in Meterology - Introduction to Atmospheric Science
PHYC 4520 Introduction to Atmospheric Science
CREDIT HOURS: 3
The general overview of the atmosphere provides the student with an understanding of the composition and thermal structure of the atmosphere, air mass and frontal theory and weather generating physical processes and their consequences. Other topics include atmospheric radiation, dynamic meteorology, climatology and the physics of clouds and storms.
FORMAT: Lecture
PREREQUISITES: PHYC 2060.03 or
permission of instructor
CROSS-LISTING:
OCEA 4520.03/
EXCLUSIONS:
PHYC 5520.03, OCEA5520.03