PHYS 109 - Introduction to Weather and Climate

3 Credit(s)

This course is designed to provide a descriptive survey of weather and climate for nonscience majors. Subjects include composition and structure of the atmosphere, solar and terrestrial radiation, temperature, atmospheric stability, forms of condensation and precipitation, pressure and wind systems, severe weather (thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes), weather analysis and forecasting methods, air pollution, the changing climate, world climates, and optical phenomena in the atmosphere. The laboratory component PHYS 119 is a separate course.
3 hours lecture.
Corequisite(s): PHYS 119