6010  Fundamentals of Dynamic Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Introduction into dynamic meteorology, including the primitive equations, scale analysis, rotational effects, boundary layers, quasi-geostrophy, baroclinic instability, and atmospheric waves. 6020  Fundamentals of Physical Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Overview of fundamental physical processes in the atmospheric sciences. Topics include thermodynamics, cloud microphysics, and radiative transfer. 6030  Earth Climate System (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Analysis of the Earth climate system consisting of the atmosphere, the oceans, and the land surfaces. Topics include the global energy balance, the hydrological cycle, the general circulation, atmospheric radiative transfer, and natural and anthropogenic climate change. 6120  Applied Mathematics and Statistics for Environmental Scientists  (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Numerical techniques used in atmospheric modeling. Statistical methods in environmental sciences including time series analysis, multivariate data analysis, statistical forecasting, forecast verification, and hypothesis testing. 6130  Numerical Weather Prediction (3) Prerequisite: METEO 6010 or Instructor's consent. Introduction to modern numerical weather forecasting techniques, concentrating on basic concepts of atmospheric modeling, data assimilation, and predictability. 6140  Mesoscale and Radar Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Fundamentals of radar meteorology. Quantitative description of mesoscale phenomena like cumulus convection, multicell and supercell storms, and tropical cyclones. Emphasis is using observed characteristics to develop a physical and dynamical understanding of phenomena over a range of scales. 6150  Cloud System Modeling (3) Prerequisite: METEO 6010 and 6020 or Instructor's consent. Numerical modeling of turbulent, convective, and mesoscale motions associated with cloud systems. Formulation of physical processes in cloud-resolving models. Role of modeling efforts in understanding the structure and behavior of cloud systems. Representation of clouds and cloud processes in numerical weather prediction and climate models. 6160  Boundary Layer Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: METEO 6010 and 6020 or Instructor's consent. Boundary layer characteristics; Reynolds averaging; equations for turbulent flow; turbulence kinetic energy, stability, and scaling; turbulence closure; boundary conditions; convective mixed layer; stable boundary layer; cloud-topped boundary layer; boundary layer modeling. 6210  Advanced Dynamic Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: METEO 6010 or Instructor’s consent. Advanced topics in geophysical fluid dynamics: Atmospheric waves, baroclinic and frontal instability, observation and theory of the general circulation, middle atmospheric dynamics, tropical dynamics, and dynamical oceanography. 6310  Tropical Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Survey of small scale and large scale processes in the tropics. Special topics such as tropical cyclones, ENSO, interactions between convective, mesoscale, and large-scale circulations, applications of remote sensing, and field programs. Students will undertake evaluation of recent literature or an independent research paper. 6410  Remote Sensing of the Environment (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. A quantitative overview of atmospheric remote sensing concentrating on tropospheric phenomena. Emphasis is placed on developing a basic theoretical foundation as well as detailed examination of selected contemporary problems in this rapidly evolving field. 6510  Advanced Cloud Physics (3) Prerequisite: METEO 6020 or Instructor's consent. Nucleation and growth of water and ice particles in clouds. Precipitation production. Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions. Dynamics of stratiform and cumuliform clouds. 6530  Synoptic Meteorology I (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Applications of barotropic and quasi-geostrophic theory to synoptic meteorology; Jet stream and frontal dynamics. 6540  Synoptic Meteorology II (3) Prerequisite: METEO 6530 or Instructor's consent. Three-dimensional structure of baroclinic weather systems; characteristics of operational numerical weather prediction models. 6550  Mountain Meteorology (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Synoptic and mesoscale meteorology in complex terrain including orographically-modified cyclone evolution, frontal interaction with topography, terrain- and thermally-driven circulations, mountain waves, downslope winds, gap winds, and orographic precipitation. 6680  Atmospheric Radiation (3) Prerequisite: METEO 6030 or Instructor's consent. Theory of solar and infrared radiation. Fundamentals of energy balance and climate models. Parameterization of infrared and solar-flux transfer in clear, aerosol, and cloudy atmospheres. Climate perturbations due to greenhouse gases, aerosols and clouds. 6810  Weather Discussion (1) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Students prepare and present weather briefings on the current weather situation. Repeatable up to 2 credit hours. 6840  Atmospheric Chemistry (3) Prerequisite: Graduate standing or Instructor’s consent. Introduction to the physical and chemical processes affecting the dynamics and fate of air pollutants at the local, regional, and global scales. Particular emphasis is on tropospheric pollutant chemistry and transport, photochemistry of ozone, smog formation, aqueous-phase chemistry, and acid rain. 6910 Graduate Special Topics (1 to 12) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Intensive work in a specific area of meteorology. 6960 Non-thesis Research: Master's (1 to 12) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. To provide a course with research credit for the non-thesis Master's degree student. 6970 Thesis Research: Master's (1 to 12) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. 6980 Faculty Consultation: Master's (1 to 12) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. 7810 Graduate Seminar (1) Prerequisite: Graduate standing required. Presentation of scholarly works of faculty, graduate students, and external scientists. Repeatable for up to 10 credit hours. 7970 Thesis Research: Ph.D. (1 to 12) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. 7980 Faculty Consultation: Ph.D. (1 to 12) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. 7990 Continuing Registration: Ph.D. (0) Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Continuing registration needed for PhD students.