GEOSC-240 Meteorology

This course is an introduction to the fundamental forces that drive weather systems and patterns in the atmosphere. Topics include the properties of the atmosphere, the jet stream, air masses and fronts, cloud development, the energy cycle, and how they influence weather. These concepts will be applied to a variety of weather systems such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, lake effect snow, and tornadoes.

Maximum Enrollment

Other

(Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

One 100-level Principles of Geoscience course