PHYS 107 - Introductory Meteorology

Credits: 4
This introductory course consists of five areas of concentration-atmospheric components; weather systems; upper air dynamics; satellite and radar interpretation of severe and weather elements; a review of historical weather events and their social and geographical effects; systems examined include hurricanes; severe thunderstorms and the mesosyclone; forms of precipitation; hourly observations; cloud identification; interpretation NCEP/NOAH data for forecast modeling data.

Corequisite: PHYS 107L