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METR
100
Prereqs: MATH 101 or equivalent.
Physical behavior of the atmosphere; elements of weather and climate and their distribution over the earth. Weather map analysis and forecasting. Atmospheric circulation, precipitation processes, severe weather, air pollution, and the use of weather radar. Concepts of weather forecasting.
| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab , Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 4 |
METR
140
Prereqs: MATH 101 or equivalent.
METR 140 will not count toward the major in METR.
Meteorological basics to help understand ice storms, blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, droughts, and other unusual weather.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 4 |
Conceptual process of climate change, environmental quality and earth energy.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 4 |
METR
205
Conceptual foundations for synoptic and dynamic meteorology. Meteorological data analysis, the dynamics of atmospheric motions, and atmospheric thermodynamics.
| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab 2, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
223
METR
311
Equations of thermodynamics, momentum, and continuity derived and applied to atmospheric motion. Energy conservation, flows, and conversions.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
312
METR
323
Physical principles that provide the foundation for meteorology. Absorption, scattering, and transmission of radiation in the atmosphere, atmospheric optics, atmospheric electricity, and lightning.
| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab 2, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
341
Prereqs: METR 223.
Dynamic and thermodynamic concepts and principles applied to synoptic-scale weather forecasting. Dynamics, energetics, structure, evolution, and motion of extra-tropical cyclones. Meteorological communications, interpretation and analysis of weather maps, and thermodynamic diagrams.
| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab 2, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
370
Basic and Applied Climatology
Crosslisted as NRES 370
Prereqs: METR 100.
Processes that give rise to spatial and temporal differences in climate. Various interrelationships between humans and climate. Influence of climate on building styles, the economy, water resources, human health, and society. Humans' inadvertent and purposeful modification of the atmosphere.
This course is a prerequisite for:
NRES 478
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
399
Prereqs: Permission.
This course has no description.
| Credit Hours: | 1-24 |
| Max credits per semester: | 24 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
399H
Prereqs: Admission to the University Honors Program or by invitation; candidate for degree with distinction or with high distinction or with highest distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences; and permission.
This course has no description.
| Credit Hours: | 1-4 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
408/808
Microclimate: The Biological Environment
Crosslisted as AGRO 408/808, GEOG 408/808, HORT 408/808, NRES 408/808, WATS 408
Prereqs: Junior standing, MATH 106 or equivalent, 5 hrs physics, major in any of the physical or biological sciences or engineering; or permission.
Physical factors that create the biological environment. Radiation and energy balances of earth's surfaces, terrestrial and marine. Temperature, humidity, and wind regimes near the surface. Control of the physical environment through irrigation, windbreaks, frost protection, manipulation of light, and radiation. Applications to air pollution research. Instruments for measuring environmental conditions and remote sensing of the environment.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
415/815
Development of the atmospheric circulation regimes, from planetary scale (e.g., the planetary waves) to synoptic scale (e.g., the cyclones and anticyclones) and mesoscale, their seasonal variations, and their roles in horizontal and vertical energy and water transports and budgets in the Earth system.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
421/821
Buoyancy and parcel mixing, cloud physics instrumentation, the role of aerosols in precipitation processes, growth of liquid cloud droplets/raindrops/ice crystals, processes associated with falling precipitation particles, drop size distributions and their moments, applications to convection, and parameterizations of cloud microphysical processes for numerical modeling applications.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
428/828
Prereqs: 6 hrs. METR and CHEM 109.
Basic processes (e.g., emission, transport, first-order chemical reaction, and deposition) associated with air pollution and their combination with meteorology for air quality forecasting. Environmental topics: acid rain; smog; air pollution; ozone hole; greenhouse gases; aerosols; long-range transport; civic regulations and international treaties on air pollution; and climate change.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
433/833
Basic concepts of atmospheric turbulence and fundamental dynamics, thermodynamics, and structure of the atmospheric boundary layer are discussed. Atmospheric boundary layer parameterizations used in modern weather and climate models are presented.
This course is a prerequisite for:
METR 933
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
442/842
Prereqs: METR 341.
Analysis and forecasting of subsynoptic-scale weather systems. Convection, thunderstorm models, severe local storm forecasting techniques, mesoscale convective complexes, vertical cross-sections, isentropic analysis, and weather radar.
| Credit Hours: | 4 |
| Course Format: | Lab 1, Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 10 |
METR
443/843
Dynamics of various types of severe weather (blizzards, flash floods, lightning, thunderstorms and winter and summer tornado outbreaks). Interpretation of the numerical and statistical models utilized to forecast these phenomena. Synoptic case studies of severe weather occurrences. Recent research on severe weather.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
444/844
Prereqs: METR 311
Dynamics and conceptual models of mesoscale meteorological phenomena and processes.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
446
Prereqs: METR 100.
Only 3 hours of credit from METR 446 or METR 447 may be applied to the major and/or minor in Meteorology through Group B requirements.
Information about the history and current status of broadcast meteorology and related technology. Procedures and requirements to obtain Professional Society certification/seal in Broadcast Meteorology. Address on air requirements mandated by the Federal FCC rules and regulations and social impacts of broadcast meteorology. Opportunity to gain experience in presenting weather information through various media outlets, including the use of chromakey technology and social media.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
447
Prereqs: Permission of instructor.
Only 3 hours of credit from METR 446 or METR 447 may be applied to the major and/or minor in Meteorology through Group B requirements.
Produce weather presentations worthy of airing live during Star City News. Learn how to develop weather presentations for production, including development of graphics, lead ins and promos. One-on-one critiquing/coaching to improve the presentation and content of the presentation will also take place throughout the semester.
| Credit Hours: | 1-3 |
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
450/850
Climate and Society
Crosslisted as AGRO 450/850, GEOG 450/850, NRES 452/852
Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years.
Impact of climate and extreme climatic events on society and societal responses to those events. Global in scope and interdisciplinary.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
454/854
Application of univariate statistics, hypothesis testing, statistical forecasting, forecast verification, time-series analysis, principal component analysis, and cluster/multivariate analysis to atmospheric data for different applications in the atmospheric sciences (from short-term weather forecast to long-term climate prediction).
This course is a prerequisite for:
METR 965
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
463/863
Prereqs: METR 323.
The fundamental principles of weather radars and the basic application of these principles.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
464/864
Prereqs: METR 223.
Concepts and principles related to meteorological observations from satellites. Applications for weather analysis and forecasting.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
465/865
Prereqs: METR 323.
Principles of atmospheric radiation and techniques for satellite image processing. Application of data calibration, image registration and enhancement, noise filtering and multi-spectral classification of satellite imageries. Survey of various satellite sensors used for monitoring different atmospheric processes and constituents.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
469/869
Bio-Atmospheric Instrumentation
Crosslisted as AGRO 469/869, GEOG 469/869, HORT 407/807, MSYM 469/869, NRES 469/869
Prereqs: Junior standing; MATH 106; 4 hrs physics; physical or biological science major.
Offered fall semester of odd-numbered calendar years.
Discussion and practical application of principles and practices of measuring meteorological and related variables near the earth's surface including temperature, humidity, precipitation, pressure, radiation and wind. Performance characteristics of sensors and modern data collection methods are discussed and evaluated.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lab 1, Lecture 2 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
470/870
Maintenance of the climate system and climate change over time. Global budgets of energy, water, and momentum and their balance. Development of simple, physically-based models of climate and of climate change.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
| ACE Outcomes: | 10 |
METR
471/871
METR
475/875
Prereqs: METR 205.
METR
478/878
Regional Climatology
Crosslisted as NRES 878/478
Prereqs: NRES/METR 370.
Regional differentiation of the climates of the earth on both a descriptive and dynamic basis. The chief systems of climatic classification.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
479/879
Hydroclimatology
Crosslisted as NRES 479/879, WATS 479, BSEN 479/879
Offered spring semester of even-numbered calendar years.
Interaction between earth’s climate and the hydrologic cycle. Energy and water fluxes at the land-atmosphere interface. Atmospheric moisture transport, precipitation, evaporation, snowmelt, and runoff. Impacts of climate variability and change on the hydrologic cycle.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
483/883
Global Climate Change
Crosslisted as NRES 467/867
Elements of climate systems, El Nino/LaNina cycle and monsoons, natural variability of climate on interannual and interdecadal scales. Paleoclimate, and future climate, developed climate change scenarios and climate change impacts on natural resources and the environment.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
487/887
Prereqs: 6 hrs METR or 6 hrs GEOL.
How the Earth's climate has varied and the forcing mechanisms related to those changes. Themes that reappear through Earth's climate history and into the future; causes of climate change; the natural response times of the multiple components; and the role of greenhouse gases within the climate system at differing time scales.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Course Format: | Lecture 3 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
495/895
Prereqs: Permission.
Pass/No Pass only. Only 3 cr hrs of METR 495 may be applied to the major and/or minor in METR.
Application of meteorology-climatology learning with on-the-job training.
| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Course Format: | Field |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
Prereqs: Permission.
This course has no description.
| Credit Hours: | 1-24 |
| Max credits per semester: | 24 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
499
Prereqs: Prior agreement with instructor and permission.
This course has no description.
| Credit Hours: | 1-24 |
| Max credits per semester: | 24 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |
METR
499H
Prereqs: Admission to the University Honors Program or by invitation, candidate for degree with distinction or with high distinction or with highest distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences, and permission.
This course has no description.
| Credit Hours: | 1-4 |
| Course Delivery: | Classroom |