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Completed Meteorology Courses:
Undergraduate Courses -- Graduate Courses
Intro to Meteorology: A survey course with concentartion in planetary atmospheres, introduction to basic concepts in modern meteorology, etc..
Intro to Synoptic Meteorology: A cenceptual look at synoptic scale meteorology, observation techniques/systems, basic forecasting, and an introduction to some common meteorological terms and equations.
Physical Mechanics for Meteorology: Delves into solid-body physics and problem solving techniques. Explores concepts of momentum conservation, mass conservation, rotational physics, gravitational force, and thier interrelation in the field of meteorology.
Physical Meteorology I - Thermodynamics: Quantitative look at thermodynamics with special attention paid to atmospheric processes, both idealized and real. Review of gas law theory and thermal properties of atmospheric consituents.
Meteorological Measurement Systems: Covers a wide range of topics including basic electrical sensor theory, system integration, proper temporal and spatial sampling, sensor evaluation and calibration, and proper coupling of the sensor with the atmosphere.
Atmospheric Dynamics I: Explores concepts of material derivatives, prognostic equations, various forms of vorticity equations,
Physical Meteorology II - Cloud Physics and Electrification: Covers cloud formation microphysics, electromagnetic theory, thunderstorm electrification, and electromagnetic field disruption by lightning.
Atmospheric Dynamics II: Explores Quasigeostrophic theory in detail, numerical weather prediction, common flow regimes, etc..
Physical Meteorology III - Radiation and Climate: Discussion of climate physics on global and regional scales, human influence on climate, prediction methods for global climate changes, and political interactions with the science.
Synoptic Meteorology Lab: Hands on interperetation of meteorological systems using various resources of observational data. Stresses public presentation, total understanding of atmospheric processes, and comfort with a variety of data sources. Also empasizes forecasting methods combining previous courses' materials.
Radar Meteorology: In-depth look at modern radar meteorology, including static and mobile systems. Covers basic radar electronics and electromagnetic theory, along with observed and theoretical characteristics of radar systems.
Mesoscale Meteorology: Covers mesoscale phenomena such as low-level jets, dryline formation and propagation, severe local storms, convective complexes, cold-pool/shear interaction theories of convection, etc..
Meteorology Capstone: Explores use of journal cataloges, writing of formal papers, professional ettiquite, presentation technique, etc.. Culminates with writing and presentation of a thesis.
Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics: Covers advanced topics in fluid dynamics.
Cloud and Precipitation Physics: Development of thermodynamical relationships and generalized Clausius-Clapeyron equation, phase diagrams, atmospheric aerosols, review of hydrodynamics of flow past particles, collision and coalescence efficiency, theory of nucleation, precipitation growth, observations with radar, electrical state of the atmosphere.
Dynamic Data Assimilation: Exploration of general data assimilation theory. Derivation and application of multiple types of variational assimilation methods, filtering methods, reduced rank filters, etc..
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