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Atmospheric Sciences Department

The Atmospheric Sciences Department trains students to read atmospheric dynamics and weather systems by working hands-on with both observational data and numerical weather prediction (NWP) modeling. Students reproduce frontal theory and cyclogenesis through ensemble-forecast simulation and extend these results into climate-variability analysis. Graduates can independently design and carry out the full pipeline from observation through modeling to forecasting.

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Field-based Curriculum · 14

This department's curriculum is built directly on the GeoVerse Lab research fields its professors hold — click a field to see how it is taught.

Dynamic Meteorology & Atmospheric Waves
Dynamic Meteorology & Atmospheric Waves
A dynamic meteorology course on large-scale waves and circulations, teaching the…
Carl-Gustaf Rossby
Numerical Weather Prediction
Numerical Weather Prediction
A course on predicting the future by numerically integrating the governing equat…
Jule Charney
Synoptic Meteorology & Frontal Theory
Synoptic Meteorology & Frontal Theory
A course on synoptic meteorology diagnosing weather systems through air masses a…
Tor Bergeron
Cloud Physics & Weather Modification
Cloud Physics & Weather Modification
A course on cloud microphysics and precipitation formation, centring on the Berg…
Bernard Vonnegut
Atmospheric Radiation & Radiative Transfer
Atmospheric Radiation & Radiative Transfer
A course on radiation passing through the atmosphere and the planet’s energy bal…
Gilbert Plass
Atmospheric Chemistry & Ozone
Atmospheric Chemistry & Ozone
A course on the photochemistry governing ozone and reactive trace gases, centrin…
Paul Crutzen
Boundary Layer Meteorology & Turbulence
Boundary Layer Meteorology & Turbulence
A course on turbulent exchange in the lowest kilometre of the atmosphere, teachi…
Andrei Monin
Tropical Meteorology & Hurricanes
Tropical Meteorology & Hurricanes
A course on the meteorology of the tropics where quasi-geostrophic balance fails…
Herbert Riehl
Severe Storms & Tornado Research
Severe Storms & Tornado Research
A course on severe storms and tornadoes studied through damage, teaching the evi…
Tetsuya Theodore Fujita
Radar Meteorology
Radar Meteorology
A course on quantitative radar observation of precipitation and storm interiors,…
David Atlas
Satellite Meteorology
Satellite Meteorology
A course on continuous observation of clouds, radiation, and atmospheric state f…
Verner Suomi
Climate Dynamics & Predictability
Climate Dynamics & Predictability
A course on the fundamental limits of weather and climate forecasting, teaching …
Edward Lorenz
Paleoclimatology
Paleoclimatology
A course on reconstructing past climates from sedimentary proxies, centring on o…
Cesare Emiliani
General Circulation Modeling
General Circulation Modeling
A course on simulating the global atmospheric circulation, starting from Phillip…
Norman A. Phillips