Course Detail
Units:
1.5
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: ATMOS 5110 or Instructor's consent.
Requirement Designation:
Quantitative Intensive BS
Description
Fundamentals of radar meteorology. Quantitative description of cumulus convection, multicell and supercell storms, mesoscale convective systems, tropical cyclones, planetary boundary layer, local circulations (thermal/terrain forcing), downslope windstorms. Emphasis is placed on using observed characteristics to develop physical and dynamical understanding of phenomena over a range of scales.