AOSC431

Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Prerequisite: 1 course with a minimum grade of C- from (PHYS171, PHYS161, MATH141). Recommended: MATH246. Credit only granted for: AOSC431 or METO431. Formerly: METO431. Classical thermodynamics applied to both the dry and the moist atmosphere. Composition; phase changes of water; stability concepts; Properties of aerosols and clouds, cloud nucleation and precipitation processes, atmospheric electricity, cloud and precipitation chemistry.

Fall 2025

Ning Zeng

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Average rating: 2.50

Past Semesters

Ning Zeng

4 reviews
Average rating: 2.50

Alexandra Jones

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Ning Zeng

4 reviews
Average rating: 2.50

Ning Zeng

4 reviews
Average rating: 2.50

Daryl Kleist

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Average rating: N/A

Include P/F semesters 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 3.00 between 285 students*

A-: 16.49%

A: 16.49%

A+: 3.51%

B-: 8.42%

B: 17.19%

B+: 16.84%

C-: 3.86%

C: 4.91%

C+: 4.21%

D: 0.7%

D+: 0.35%

F: 1.75%

W: 4.56%

other: 0.7%

* "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.