Climatology Option (30 credits)

This option allows students to learn about the earth's climate system, with emphasis on how the atmosphere and ocean interact. Students can choose among courses that focus on tropical regions, planetary atmospheres, remote sensing, long-term climate change, human dimensions, the biosphere, and statistical methods used in climate science, as well as on their own independent research.

METEO 422 Dynamic Meteorology II (3)
METEO 436 Atmospheric Physics I (3)^$
METEO 437 Atmospheric Physics II (3)^$
METEO 451 Introduction to Physical Oceanography (3)
METEO 470 Climate Dynamics (3)
METEO 473 Application of Computers to Meteorology (3)^#

GEOG 430 (formerly GEOG 406) Human Use of the Environment (3)
GEOG 438W (formerly GEOG 408W) Human Dimensions
of Potential Global Warming (3)
GEOG 310W (formerly GEOG 432W) Climate Change and Variability (3)
GEOG 412W (formerly GEOG 433W) Introduction to
Global Climatic Systems (3)
GEOG 417 (formerly GEOG 437) Satellite Climatology (3)
GEOSC 320 Geology of Climate Change (3)
METEO 452 Tropical Meteorology (3)
METEO 454 Introduction to Micrometeorology (3)
METEO 466 Planetary Atmospheres (3)
METEO 472W Topics in Climatology (3)
METEO 474 Computer Methods of Meteorological Analysis and Forecasting (3)
METEO/GEOSC 475W Global Biogeochem. Cycles (3)
METEO 480W Undergraduate Research (3)*
METEO 486 Pennsylvania Climate Studies (3 cr. maximum)
METEO 496 Independent Studies (3 cr. maximum)*

* Research would be climate-related.