Course Detail
Units:
1.5
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: ATMOS 5000 AND ATMOS 5130.
Course Attribute:
Flexible Schedule
Description
Fundamentals of radar meteorology; use of surface-based, aircraft-based, and satellite-based radar to study clouds, rainfall, and storms. Quantitative description of cumulus convection, multicell and supercell storms, mesoscale convective systems, local circulations (thermal and terrain forcing), downslope windstorms. Emphasis is on using observed characteristics to develop a physical and dynamical understanding of phenomena over a range of scales. Whenever possible, we will undertake real-time examination of storms as they may develop around the country.