PHYS 301 - Atmospheric Physics

Credits: (4)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture; two hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: PHYS 111 or PHYS 221 or ASTR 220.
Cross-Listed: PHSC 301

Basic principles of meteorology, including earth’s atmosphere, insulation, humidity, adiabatic processes, large-scale circulation of the atmosphere, mid-altitude weather, violent weather phenomena, and climatology.

Note(s): Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning designated course.