PHYSICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN II

ATMOCN 340

Course Description

Radiation, energy budget, and cloud physics. Scattering, absorption, emission and diabatic heating by shortwave and longwave processes. Introduction to cloud physics including cloud nucleation processes, particle growth, precipitation development, and convective cloud processes.

Prerequisties

ATMOCN 330

Satisfies

ATMOCN 575 , ATMOCN 405 , ATMOCN 425 , ATMOCN 441 , ATMOCN 452 , ATMOCN 522 , ATMOCN 637 , and ATMOCN 453

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

20.04% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.76% from Historical

A Rate

100%

186.14% from Historical

Class Size

38.41% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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