EAS 4470 - Physical Meteorology

(OPHLS-AG, PBS-AS, PHS-AS)

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: one year each of calculus and physics.

A. Pendergrass.

Primarily a survey of natural phenomena of the atmosphere, with emphasis on their underlying physical principles. Topics include an introduction to atmospheric radiation processes, atmospheric optics and electricity, microphysical cloud processes, and principles of radar probing of the atmosphere.