Meteorology 3110 Introduction to Atmospheric Science

Instructor: Jan Paegle

EMRO 414

581-7180

Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday 12:05 - 1:00pm
or by Appointment

Prerequisite: Math 2110 and Physics 2220. Some of the material may be taken concurrently, with the approval of the instructor. Students are expected to be comfortable with differentiation and integration, graphical representation of functions of several variables, ordinary differential equations, and vector analysis.

Purpose of Course: This course is an introduction to atmospheric sciences. It will cover topics on atmospheric composition, origin, horizontal, and vertical structure, as well as basic thermodynamics, radiative and dynamical processes.

Grading: There will be three or four scheduled mid-term examinations each worth 100 points. The final examination will amount to 200 points. Problems will be assigned as background material for discussions and exams.

Text:Required: Wallace and Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey.

Approximate Course Outline:

I	Introduction, atmospheric composition, origin, and structure.
II	Thermodynamics of atmospheric processes.
III	Extratropical synoptic scale disturbances.
IV	Cloud microphysical processes.
V	Radiative transfer.
VI	Energy balance.
VII	Atmosphere Dynamics.