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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENVSCI 225 - Weather and Climate


3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded (includes P/F option)
Not repeatable for credit

Description:
This course investigates atmospheric processes forming the basis for weather patterns and climatic development on a global scale. Major topics include earth-sun relationships, heating and cooling of the atmosphere, atmospheric circulation, pressure patterns, air mass formation and frontal systems, episodic storms, vertical zonation of climate, and the Koppen System for evaluating and classifying climatic phenomena.

Distribution Area: Natural Sciences
Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisite: A minimum of 30 credits

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