Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25

GEOG 3050 - Physical Meteorology


This course is a survey of atmospheric physics, with a focus on radiation balances, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, and boundary layer meteorology.

Requisites: GEOG 3010 and MATH 2301 and PHYS 2051
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students can explain moist atmospheric processes, static stability, the construction and application of adiabatic diagrams used in meteorology, and boundary layer meteorology.
  • Students can explain radiation, radiative transfer, and cloud microphysics.


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