PHYS 6200 - Atmospheric Physics

3 Credits (3 Contact Hours)

Study of physical processes governing atmospheric phenomena. Topics include thermodynamics of dry and moist air, solar and terrestrial radiative processes, convection and cloud physics, precipitation processes, hydrodynamic equations of motion and large-scale motion of the atmosphere, numerical weather prediction, atmospheric electricity. Preq: MATH 1080; and PHYS 2080 or PHYS 2210.