An advanced class for graduate students in Climate, Oceanography and Weather Science that studies the basic equations governing rotating geophysical flows with application to the ocean circulation. This course includes a theoretical component on geophysical fluid dynamics and one involving a combination of observations, theory and numerical modeling relevant to understand the large scale ocean circulation.
The course will offer a broad overview of the relationships between environmental factors and health in humans and other living organisms. In particular, the course will focus on how the health and well-being of organisms are affected by the chemistry of the natural environment, that is, the abundance, forms and availability of chemical elements in rocks, soils, natural waters and air. Health impacts of anthropogenic perturbations of natural ecosystems, including those related to ongoing global environmental change, will also be considered.
An introduction to the use of geophysical fluid dynamics in describing and modeling the atmosphere.
Pre-requisite: EAS 6511
This course is an advanced introduction to environmental data analysis and intended for first year graduate students. The goal of this class is to provide a deeper understanding of the theories and applications underlying the statistical analysis of environmental data, both in the space, time and spectral domain, and to provide the students with a hands-on experience. Ideally in the end of this class you will have developed a series of computer programming tool boxes and theoretical skills that should immediately be available for analyzing and modeling data in your own research.
This course emphasizes physical concepts and analytic techniques for solving problems in atmospheric instabilities and wave dynamics at various temporal and spatial scales.
Pre-requisite: EAS4655
Students learn to apply meteorological analysis tools to atmospheric observations to interpret the structure and dynamics of historical and real-time weather events.
This course is an internship collaboration with the National Weather Service Peachtree City, GA office. Students will work with one or more members of the NWS office on a term research project. Students will be required to work at the NWS office or remotely and/or in-person about 9 hours per week (hours vary depending on discussion with NWS personnel and course instructor). Must have approval in advance.
Pre-requisite: EAS 4450
Synoptic meteorology traditionally refers to the analysis of weather at a specific period of time, with that analysis being accomplished through the investigation observed surface and tropospheric weather data.
Pre-requisite: EAS 2750 and EAS 4655