AOSC470

Synoptic Meteorology

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Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in AOSC431 and AOSC432. Credit only granted for: AOSC470, AOSC600, or METO600. Atmospheric properties and observations, meteorological analysis and charts, operational numerical forecasts. Application of quasigeostrophic theory, baroclinic instability, midlatitiude and mesoscale weather systems. Tropical meteorology. Weather forecasting using numerical and statistical models. Prediction of weather phenomena on the global, syoptic, meso, and local scales. Analysis of surface and upper air data; Norwegian cyclone model; introduction to weather forecasting.

Fall 2024

Jonathan Poterjoy

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Fall 2023

Jonathan Poterjoy

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Past Semesters

Daryl Kleist

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Takemasa Miyoshi

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Vernon Kousky

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Michael Erickson

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Jonathan Poterjoy

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Jonathan Poterjoy

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