AOSC400

Physical Meteorology of the Atmosphere

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Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (PHYS171, PHYS161, MATH141); or permission of CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science department. Formerly: METO400. The application of basic classical physics, chemistry and mathematics t the study of the atmosphere. Composition of the atmosphere; energy sources and sinks (radiation in the atmosphere; radiative balance and radiative forcing of atmospheric processes); atmospheric thermodynamics; clouds and precipitation physics; atmospheric electricity and optics; mesoscale processes (e.g., orographic mesoscale phenomena and instabilities); air mass boundaries; severe weather, tropical cyclones; storms; global circulation.

Fall 2025

Maria Molina

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Past Semesters

Maria Molina

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Maria Molina

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Rachel Pinker

1 review
Average rating: 3.00

Rachel Pinker

1 review
Average rating: 3.00

Derrick Lampkin

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Russell Dickerson

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Menglin Jin

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Isaac Moradi

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Patrick Meyers

1 review
Average rating: 4.00

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.98 between 370 students*

AOSC400 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 16.49%
A: 16.49%
A+: 8.92%
B-: 7.57%
B: 12.43%
B+: 14.32%
C-: 2.43%
C: 4.05%
C+: 6.49%
D-: 0.54%
D: 0.81%
D+: 1.08%
F: 2.16%
W: 5.95%
other: 0.27%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.