Department of Meteorology Courses
- Meteorology 3000/Geography 3280: Mountain Weather and Climate -- Influence of terrain upon typical and severe weather, including local wind circulations and mountain snowstorms. Applications of mountain meteorology to related fields (air pollution, fire weather, road weather) and physiological responses to cold weather and altitude.
- 5140 Mesoscale and Radar Meteorology
(3)
Prerequisite: METEO 3410 and 5110 or Instructor's consent. Fulfills Quantitative Intensive BS.
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 using observed characteristics to develop physical and dynamical
understanding of phenomena over a range of scales.
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Meteorology 5550/6550: Mountain Meteorology -- 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.
Related Courses in Other Departments
- Cveen 5280 (3) Wind and Snow Engineering
- Cveen 5410 (3) Water Resource Engineering
- Cveen 5450 (3) Snow Hydrology
- Cveen 5470 (3) Surface Water Quality Prediction and Assessment
- Geogr 5260 (3) Snow Dynamics and Avalanche Studies
- Geo 5350 (3) Groundwater
Student Practicum in Mountain Meteorology
Spring 2006
This practicum focused on professional development topics and provided
an informal forum for the discussion of the students' research
progress, with advice from faculty and other students.
12 Jan, Kickoff meeting
26 Jan, Maura Hahnenberger (student), "The Upcoming Meteor Crater Experiment"
01 Feb, Olivier Liechti (visiting scientist), "Practical Aspects of Weather Forecasting for Soaring"
09 Feb, Erik Crosman (student), "Great Salt Lake Research"
16 Feb, Jim Steenburgh (faculty), "Proposal Writing"
08 Mar, Greg West (student), "Research Progress"
30 Mar, Colby Neumann (student), "Masters Thesis Research"
06 Apr, Dave Myrick (student), Ph.D. "Research Progress"
20 Apr, Dave Whiteman (faculty), "The Peer Review Process for Journal Articles"
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