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May 11, 2024
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PHYS 463B - Climatology
Semester Hours: Three
Climatology is focused on the scientific foundation of Earth’s climate system, basic understandings of climate behavior, contributions of human activities to climate change, and societal vulnerability and responses to climate variability and change. As an upper level course the impacts of climate change on the world as well as the US and North America will be studied. Changing climate will trigger droughts in some areas, increased precipitation and flooding in others, rising sea level, increased fires in some countries, changes in vegetation and animals, and the spread of disease. The course uses a dynamic and highly motivational educational environment investigating the Earth’s climate system using real-world environmental data through the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Various methods and techniques of classifying climates are presented. This course is required in the Geoscience minor.
Term Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: MATH 113 , MATH 123 , MATH 133 , MATH 155 , or MATH 164 and PHYS 103 and PHYS 101 or PHYS 123 and PHYS 122 or PHYS 133 and PHYS 131 or PHYS 153 or CHEM 113 and CHEM 111 or CHEM 133 and CHEM 132 or BIOL 103 and BIOL 101 , or equivalent courses.
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