Prerequisite: MATH 233, MET 315, MET 320, PHYS 240. Majors only. The physical laws governing planetary and synoptic-scale atmospheric motions are developed mathematically based on conversion of mass, momentum, and energy.
(3 lecture, 2 laboratory) Prerequisite: MET 501. Majors only. Use of weather data, manual analyses, and meteorological software tools in weather forecasting and case studies. Practice includes review of theory, student weather briefing, daily forecast, and statistical forecast verification.
(3 lecture, 2 lab) Prerequisites: CS 101 and MET 502. Majors only. Describes the principles of numerical weather prediction, modern forecast models, and their uses. Emphasis is placed on weather analysis, the advantages and limitations of numerical models, and advanced forecasting applications.
Prerequisite: MET 205, STAT 150 or take concurrently. Factors of climate; analytical methods of climatology; climatic classification. Regional distribution of climates around the world. Applied climatology.
Prerequisite: MET 205. Relationships between living organisms and atmospheric environment. Effects of weather on human health, agriculture and animals. Soil and air temperature, radiation and energy budgets, water cycle, heat units, comfort indices.
Prerequisite: MET 320. Factors affecting climate; analytical methods used to study climatology, general circulation of the atmosphere, oceans, and the global energy balance. Introduction to global climate models, projects of climate change.
Prerequisites: MET 205 or consent of instructor. Juniors or above. Survey of climate history and methods of interpreting geological, paleontological, and paleobotanical climate proxies. Introduction to modeling, utility of using models to reconstruct past climate, and current research in paleoclimate.
Principles of extreme weather over complex terrain, Rocky Mountains, and Colorado Front Range. Fire weather, windstorms, air pollution, blizzards and snow avalanches, monsoon circulations, and forecast applications.
Prerequisites: MATH 132 and PHYS 241. Majors only. Principles of radar operation and radar remote sensing techniques. Types of radar and their applications in meteorology.
Consent of instructor. Explore topics in Meteorology beyond existing departmental offerings. Specific topics determined by student interest and instructor. Repeatable, under different subtitles.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.