ATMS 101: The Science of Weather

GS, NSL- This course will explain the nature of weather and climate phenomena by examining the underlying physical and chemical processes that distribute energy and material throughout earth's atmosphere. Students will collaboratively pursue an understanding of pressure systems, fronts, air masses, clouds, storms, and human influences by collection and analysis of real-time and historical data. Basic forecasting, global impacts to and of the atmosphere, and the human role in atmospheric change are common threads throughout the course. (LAB)