Search

• ATMS 4310: Dig Media Weather & Climate

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The course is an introduction to television weather broadcasts and web-based narrow casts with emphasis on creating accurate weather forecasts, climate outlooks and on the techniques of communicating weather information to various publics. The course consists of weekly lecture/lab meetings and one-on-one critiquing/coaching to develop and improve descriptive science language as well as the graphics that accompany the verbal discourse. Special emphasis is placed upon accurate weather forecasting from skills initiated in previous coursework. Extemporaneous speaking styles will be stressed with timed delivery of weather information. Analysis of a weather graphics presentation will be undertaken, and ultimately students will be expected to arrange their own weather show for presentation and evaluation by classmates. A history of meteorology in the media will also be examined in the context of changing technologies and public perceptions.
  ShareATMS 4310 - Dig Media Weather & Climate

• ATMS 4400: Climate Risk Assessment

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course introduces student to climate risk assessment and management from an atmospheric science perspective. Advantages and disadvantages of various responses to climate change risk are explored, and ethical considerations are raised to provide a contextual awareness of climate change risk.
  ShareATMS 4400 - Climate Risk Assessment

• ATMS 4419: Applied Climatology

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with "real world" examples of the use of atmospheric principles, data, and impacts to various sectors of the economy. Before taking this course students should already have an understanding of basic atmospheric processes.
  ShareATMS 4419 - Applied Climatology

• ATMS 4420: Dynamic Meteorology II

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course introduces advanced topics in dynamics of atmospheric motions. This course is a continuation of Dynamic Meteorology (ATMS 3420). Topics include: atmospheric oscillations and waves, synoptic scale instabilities, mesoscale instabilities and isentropic potential vorticity thinking. The last part of the course will introduce the dynamics of numerical modeling and prediction.
  ShareATMS 4420 - Dynamic Meteorology II

• ATMS 4520: Atmospheric Thermo & Radiation

  0.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course examines the role of thermodynamics and radiation in the atmosphere. Topics covered in the course include the First and Second Law of Thermodynamics, adiabatic and diabatic processes, thermodynamic diagrams, and stability. These concepts will prepare the student for understanding exactly how the earth is heated by solar radiation. Specifically, those principles in atmospheric radiation will be investigated, including solar and terrestrial radiation, blackbodies, absorption and emission, and scattering.
  ShareATMS 4520 - Atmospheric Thermo & Radiation

• ATMS 4530: Cloud Physics

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is a continuation of ATMS 4520. The physics relevant to the formation of droplets and precipitation, mixing and parcel theory, adiabatic lifting, nucleation, warm rain processes, cold rain processes, and the growth of hail are investigated. Finally, radiation concepts from ATMS 4520 are used to look at the impact of clouds on solar and terrestrial radiation.
  ShareATMS 4530 - Cloud Physics

• ATMS 4700: Special Topics in Atmos Sci

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  Topics of special interest in various areas of earth science. The professor selects and designs the format most suitable to the study. Enrollment by consent of the instructor.
  ShareATMS 4700 - Special Topics in Atmos Sci

• ATMS 5011: DataStreme Atmospheric Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of meteorology from analysis of digitally delivered near real-time environmental data and learning activities. The course utilizes the display and analysis of atmospheric data with applications designed to be modified for use in other instructional formats. The analysis of weather maps is an integral part of the investigations component of the course. Students are expected to visualize, interpret, and interrogate various weather phenomena as they relate to the current state of the atmosphere. Basic prediction of future weather conditions is one of the culminating experiences of the course, after extensive online investigations. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
  ShareATMS 5011 - DataStreme Atmospheric Studies

• ATMS 5012: DataStreme Ocean Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of oceanic analysis of digitally delivered near real-time environmental data and learning activities. The course utilizes the display and analysis of oceanic data with applications designed to be modified for use in other instructional formats. Specifically, it is designed to be a study of the four main branches of oceanography: 1) geology of the oceanic basins (origins of the oceans, structure and geomorphology of the ocean's floor, methods of investigation); 2) chemistry of the ocean waters; 3) physics of the oceans (currents, waves, tides, etc.); 4) biology of the oceans (marine plants and animals). The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
  ShareATMS 5012 - DataStreme Ocean Studies

• ATMS 5013: DataStreme Climate Studies

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  A collaborative learning course in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) designed to focus on principles of climate analysis of digitally delivered near real-time environmental data and learning activities. The course utilizes the display and analysis of climatic data with applications designed to be modified for use in other instructional formats. In this course the elements and controls of climate are analyzed in a systematic fashion. The physical parameters controlling climate are reviewed, as they relate to physics and chemistry. Climate science is concerned not only with the most frequently occurring types, the average weather, but the infrequent and unusual types as well. Climates of the past and potential future states of climate will be discussed and the impacts thereof. The student will be able to make an informed decision in the framework of a Citizen Scientist given the nature of a changing climate through data analysis utilized in this course. Near the conclusion of the course, human energy needs, policy implications and political ramifications are discussed based upon our best understanding of the impacts of the quickly changing climate. The course relies on data and support of the American Meteorological Society.
  ShareATMS 5013 - DataStreme Climate Studies