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AOSC200Weather and Climate (3 credits)
Prerequisites: MATH110 or MATH115. Recommended as a corequisite: AOSC201/METO201. Formerly METO 200. 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 METO 201.
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Section 101 Hudson, R (0 seats open, out of 19 seats. 0 people on the waitlist.) W 1-1:50, TuTh 12:30-1:45
Section 102 Hudson, R (3 seats open, out of 19 seats.) W 2-2:50, TuTh 12:30-1:45
Section 103 Hudson, R (10 seats open, out of 20 seats.) W 3-3:50, TuTh 12:30-1:45
Section 201 Hudson, R (14 seats open, out of 21 seats.) W 2-2:50, TuTh 2-3:15
Section 202 Hudson, R (14 seats open, out of 21 seats.) W 3-3:50, TuTh 2-3:15
Section 203 Hudson, R (12 seats open, out of 21 seats.) TuTh 2-3:15, M 1-1:50
Section 204 Hudson, R (16 seats open, out of 21 seats.) TuTh 2-3:15, M 2-2:50
AOSC201Weather and Climate Laboratory (1 credits)
Corequisite: AOSC200/METO200. Formerly METO 201. 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 METO 200.
Section 101 , STAFFF (4 seats open, out of 18 seats.) Tu 2:30-4:20
Section 102 , STAFFF (10 seats open, out of 18 seats.) W 8-10:00
Section 103 , STAFFF (15 seats open, out of 18 seats.) F 8-10:00
Section 104 , STAFFF (15 seats open, out of 18 seats.) M 8-10:00
AOSC375Introduction to the Blue Ocean (3 credits)
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.
Section 101 Murtugudde, R (0 seats open, out of 15 seats. 0 people on the waitlist.) MW 10-11:30
AOSC400The Atmosphere (3 credits)
Prerequisites: MATH141, PHYS161, PHYS171 or permission of department. Formerly METO 400. The atmosphere and its weather and climate systems. Composition of the atmosphere, energy sources and sinks, winds, storms and global circulation. The application of basic classical physics, chemistry and mathematics to the study of the atmosphere.
Section 101 Pinker, R (10 seats open, out of 20 seats.) TuTh 11-12:15
AOSC431Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers I (3 credits)
Prerequisites: MATH240 or 461; PHYS270 and PHYS271 (Formerly: 263); CHEM103. Recommended: MATH246. 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.
Section 101 Kirk-Davidoff, D (20 seats open, out of 25 seats.) TuTh 9:30-10:45
AOSC600Synoptic Meteorology I (3 credits)
Prerequisites: METO 610 and METO 620. Formerly METO600. Atmospheric properties and observations, meteorological analysis and charts, operational numerical forecasts. Application of quasigeostrophic theory, baroclinic instability, midlatitude and mesoscale weather systems. Tropical meteorology.
Section 101 Kousky, V (15 seats open, out of 15 seats.) TuTh 9-10:15
AOSC610Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean I (3 credits)
Pre- or corequisite: MATH 462 or equivalent PDE (partial differential equations) course. Formerly METO 610. Equations of motion and their approximation, scale analysis for the atmosphere and the ocean. Conservation properties. Fluid motion in the atmosphere and oceans. Circulation and vorticity, geostrophic motion and the gradient wind balance. Turbulence and Ekman Layers.
Section 101 Zhang, D (30 seats open, out of 30 seats.) MWF 9-9:50
AOSC614Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability (3 credits)
Prerequisite: METO 610 or permission of instructor. Recommended: METO 611. Formerly METO 614. Solid foundation for atmospheric and oceanic modeling and numerical weather prediction: numerical methods for partial differential equations, an introduction to physical parameterizations, modern data assimilation, and predictability.
Section 101 , STAFFF (19 seats open, out of 20 seats.) W 10-12:30
AOSC620Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere I (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MATH 461 or equivalent Scientists Linear Algebra course. Formerly METO 620. Air parcel thermodynamics and stability; constituent thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Cloud and aerosol physics and precipitation processes.
Section 101 Dickerson, R (24 seats open, out of 25 seats.) TuTh 2-3:15
AOSC658CSpecial Topics in Meteorology:Numerical Methods in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (3 credits)
Introduction to numerical methods used in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, such as numerical integration, Fourier analysis, solution of ODEs and PDEs, visualization of satellite data, etc. A hands on programming course, taught in a computer laboratory setting, utilizing Fortran, IDL,and Matlab. No prior programming experience required.
Section 101 Salawitch, R (17 seats open, out of 18 seats.) MWF 12:45-1:50
AOSC670Physical Oceanography (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Also offered as GEOL 670. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: GEOL 670 or METO 670. Formerly METO 670. Ocean observations. Water masses, sources of deep water. Mass, heat, and salt transport, gochemical tracers. Western boundary currents, maintenance of the thermocline. Coastal and estuarine processes. Surface waves and tides. Ocean climate.
Section 101 Carton, J (17 seats open, out of 20 seats.) MW 2-3:15
AOSC684Climate System Modeling (3 credits)
Prerequisite: METO 617 or permission of instructor. Fundamentals in building computer models to simulate the components of the climate system: atmosphere, ocean ice, land-surface, terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and the biogeochemical cycles embedded in the physical climate system, in particular, the carbon cycle. Simple to state-of-the-art research models to tackle problems such as the Daisy World, El Nino and global warming.
Section 101 Zeng, N (25 seats open, out of 25 seats.) M 9:45-12:15

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