EAS 3340 - [Microclimatology]

(OPHLS-AG, PBS-AS)

Fall (offered alternate years). Next offered: 2019-2020. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: a course in physics.

S. C. Pryor.

Atmospheric processes at the micro and local scale with a particular emphasis on the energy balance. Topics include energy and mass exchange over simple non-vegetated surfaces, vegetated surfaces, non-uniform terrain, and deliberate and inadvertent climate modification.