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This course offers a descriptive survey of meteorology and of our atmosphere. Weather includes atmospheric processes such as air circulation, air temperature and pressure, clouds and precipitation, wind, weather fronts, lows and highs. Climate includes climate types mostly of North America, ice ages and interglacial periods and their causes, and past and current changes in climate and their influence on human history and our present environment.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM ASTR Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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