Earth Sciences

EART121 The Atmosphere

Course focuses on understanding basic atmospheric weather and climate phenomena starting from the fundamentals of physics and chemistry. Using this approach, covers topics such as atmospheric circulation, precipitation, clouds, storms, urban and regional air quality, atmospheric aerosols, and climate and global change. Students are billed a materials fee.

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): MATH 11B or MATH 19B or AM 15B; and CHEM 1A; and PHYS 5B or PHYS 6B.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Fall

Instructor

Patrick Chuang