Intro Atmospheric Science (Lab)
ATM-114-YL1
SUNY Broome Community College
- Semester
- Spring 2025
- Instructor
- Start Date
- 01-27-2025
- Total Credits
- 0
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Does Binghamton have some of the worst weather in the nation? Is severe weather getting worse? How accurate are the weather forecasts? If you have ever wondered about these questions and others, this course will help you find these answers. This introductory course intends to educate you on the fundamentals of the Earth's atmosphere, weather and climate. Topics including: the atmosphere and its energy transformations, the seasons, atmospheric optics, water vapor, precipitation, and the wind are woven together to enable you to understand how weather works and what constitutes severe weather. Other topics of study might include El Nino, ozone depletion and global warming. You will participate in the act of doing science by investigating a weather topic. After taking this course, you should have a better understanding of the science of meteorology, how science progresses, and why Binghamton has such cloudy weather. Laboratory activities including weather data collection and analysis are included in this course.
Prerequisites:
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Corequisites:
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Course Area: Earth Science
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Dates: 01-27-2025 - 05-19-2025
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