201. INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER ANALYSIS (3). Analysis of surface and upper air data; Norwegian cyclone model; introduction to weather forecasting. Students who have passed METEO 200A and 200B may not schedule this course for credit.

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101. UNDERSTANDING WEATHER FORECASTING (3) (on-line course) Fundamental principles of synoptic and physical meteorology, satellite and radar imagery, and data analysis in the setting of mid-latitude weather forecasting.

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200A. INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER ANALYSIS I (1.5) Introduction to the collection, display, and application of weather observations used by the operational meteorologist. Students who have passed METEO 201 may not schedule this course for credit.

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200B. INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER ANALYSIS II (1.5) Introduction to the collection, display, and application of numerical weather forecasts used by the operational meteorologist. Students who have passed METEO 201 may not schedule this course for credit. Prerequisite: METEO 200A.

300. SURVEY OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE (3). Survey of atmospheric processes ranging from global to microscale. Prerequisites or concurrent: MATH 230 or 231; PHYS 211.

411. SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY LABORATORY (4). Techniques of analyzing synoptic scale weather situations; introduction to weather forecasting. Prerequisites: METEO 101 or METEO 200A and METEO 200B, or METEO 201; MATH 230 or MATH 231. Prerequisites or concurrent: METEO 421 or METEO 431.

421. DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY I (4). Kinematics, balanced and unbalanced flows, vorticity and potential vorticity, and introduction to the boundary layer and numerical weather prediction. Prerequisites or concurrent: MATH 230 or 231, METEO 300, PHYS 212.

422. DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY II (4). Generalized vertical coordinate systems, vorticity and circulation theory and applications, conservation principles and energetics, quasigeostrophic processes, boundary layer dynamics. Prerequisite: METEO 421.

431. ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS (3). Classical thermodynamics applied to both the dry and the moist atmosphere. Prerequisite: PHYS 212.

436. ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS I (3). Elements of earth-sun geometry, radiative transfer, photochemistry, remote sensing of the atmosphere, physical climatology, climate forcing. Concurrent: METEO 431.

437. ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS II (3). Properties of aerosols and clouds, cloud nucleation and precipitation processes, atmospheric electricity, cloud and precipitation chemistry, biogeochemical cycles. Prerequisite: METEO 431.

440W. PRINCIPLES OF ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS (3) Theory and practices used in measurement and analysis of meteorological variables. Prerequisite: METEO 300, METEO 431, STAT 301 or STAT 401 or ENNEC 472

473. APPLICATIONS OF COMPUTERS TO METEOROLOGY (3). Application of statistical and numerical methods to practical problems in meteorology. Prerequisite: CMPSC 101, CMPSC 201C, or CMPSC 201F.

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