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ATM
101X
(4
Credits)
Spring
Weather
and
Climate
of
Alaska
(3+3)
Focus
on
the
Alaska
atmosphere
as
an
important
part
of
our
environment.
Includes
fundamental
laws
of
physics
and
chemistry,
the
behavior
of
atmospheres
on
rotating
planets,
clouds,
precipitation
and
weather
systems.
Includes
societal
impacts
of
weather
worldwide
and
investigations
into
global
climate
change.
(Prerequisite:
High
school
level
mathematics.)
ATM
401
(3
Credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Atmospheric
Science
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ATM
601
and
CHEM
601)
Fundamentals
of
atmospheric
science.
Includes
energy
and
mass
conservation,
internal
energy
and
entropy,
atmospheric
water
vapor,
cloud
microphysics,
equations
of
motion,
hydrostatics,
phase
oxidation,
heterogeneous
chemistry,
the
ozone
layer,
fundamentals
of
biogeochemical
cycles,
solar
and
terrestrial
radiation,
and
radiative-convective
equilibrium.
Also
includes
molecular,
cloud
and
aerosol
absorption
and
scattering.
(Prerequisites:
CHEM
105X,
CHEM
106X,
MATH
302
and
PHYS
212X.)
ATM
409
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Atmospheric
Thermodynamics
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ATM
609)
Atmospheric
thermodynamics
including
the
fundamentals
of
internal
energy,
enthalpy
and
Gibb's
free
energy
in
the
atmospheric
context,
thermodynamic
properties
of
ideal
gases,
internal
equilibrium,
gas
and
heterogenous
systems,
phase
equilibria
and
nucleation
of
water,
Clausius-Clapeyron
equation,
conserved
variables.
Includes
thermodynamic
diagrams:
area
equivalence
computation
of
energy
integrals,
skew-T/log-P
charts
and
tephigrams.
Processes
in
the
atmosphere
include
frost
and
dew
points,
isenthalpic
processes,
equivalent
and
wet-bulb
temperatures,
saturated
ascent/descent,
phase
transition.
Vertical
stability:
conditional
and
potential
instability,
Margule's
theorems,
available
potential
energy,
laboratory
and
field
measurements
of
thermodynamic
constants,
solar
initiated
chemical
processes,
chemical
origin
of
atmospheric
temperature
profile.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
401.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
ATM
413
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Atmospheric
Radiation
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ATM
613)
Atmospheric
radiation
including
the
fundamentals
of
blackbody
radiation
theory
and
radiative
properties
of
atmospheric
constituents.
Discussion
of
gaseous
absorption
including
line
absorption,
broadening
effects
and
radiative
transfer.
Includes
scattering,
radiative
properties
of
clouds,
and
radiation
climatology.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
401.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ATM
445
(3
Credits)
Fall
Atmospheric
Dynamics
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ATM
645)
Examination
of
the
fundamental
forces
and
basic
conservation
laws
that
govern
the
motion
of
the
atmosphere.
Topics
include
momentum,
continuity
equations,
circulation,
vorticity,
thermodynamics,
the
planetary
boundary
layer,
and
synoptic
scale
motions
in
mid-latitudes.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
401.)
ATM
488
(1-3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Undergraduate
Research
Advanced
research
topics
from
outside
the
usual
undergraduate
requirements.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
instructor.
Recommendations:
A
substantial
level
of
technical/scientific
background.)
ATM
601
(3
Credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Atmospheric
Science
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ATM
401
and
cross-listed
with
CHEM
601)
Fundamentals
of
atmospheric
science.
Includes
energy
and
mass
conservation,
internal
energy
and
entropy,
atmospheric
water
vapor,
cloud
microphysics,
equations
of
motion,
hydrostatics,
phase
oxidation,
heterogeneous
chemistry,
the
ozone
layer,
fundamentals
of
biogeochemical
cycles,
solar
and
terrestrial
radiation,
and
radiative-convective
equilibrium.
Also
includes
molecular,
cloud
and
aerosol
absorption
and
scattering.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing.)
ATM
606
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Atmospheric
Chemistry
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
CHEM
406
and
cross-listed
with
CHEM
606)
Chemistry
of
the
lower
atmosphere
(troposphere
and
stratosphere)
including
photochemistry,
kinetics,
thermodynamics,
box
modeling,
biogeochemical
cycles,
and
measurement
techniques
for
atmospheric
pollutants;
study
of
important
impacts
to
the
atmosphere
which
result
from
anthropogenic
emissions
of
pollutants,
including
acid
rain,
the
"greenhouse"
effect,
urban
smog,
and
stratospheric
ozone
depletion.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
601
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ATM
608
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Global
Chemical
Cycles
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
CHEM
408
and
Cross-listed
with
CHEM
608)
Discussion
of
the
current
understanding
of
global
chemical
cycles
and
the
uncertainties
associated
with
our
knowledge.
Examines
experimental
techniques
used
to
investigate
chemical
cycles
on
a
global
scale.
Recent
scientific
literature
is
critically
reviewed
to
help
provide
an
understanding
of
the
uncertainties
and
difficulties
involved
in
quantifying
global
scale
cycles.
Includes
the
interaction
and
exchange
of
chemicals
between
the
atmosphere
and
earth's
surface
(both
land
and
ocean),
chemical
reservoirs,
and
the
implications
for
global
change.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
601
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ATM
609
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Atmospheric
Thermodynamics
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ATM
409)
Atmospheric
thermodynamics
including
the
fundamentals
of
internal
energy,
enthalpy
and
Gibb's
free
energy
in
the
atmospheric
context,
thermodynamic
properties
of
ideal
gases,
internal
equilibrium,
gas
and
heterogenous
systems,
phase
equilibria
and
nucleation
of
water,
Clausius-Clapeyron
equation,
conserved
variables.
Includes
thermodynamic
diagrams:
area
equivalence
computation
of
energy
integrals,
skew-T/log-P
charts
and
tephigrams.
Processes
in
the
atmosphere
include
frost
and
dew
points,
isenthalpic
processes,
equivalent
and
wet-bulb
temperatures,
saturated
ascent/descent,
phase
transition.
Vertical
stability:
conditional
and
potential
instability,
Margule's
theorems,
available
potential
energy,
laboratory
and
field
measurements
of
thermodynamic
constants,
solar
initiated
chemical
processes,
chemical
origin
of
atmospheric
temperature
profile.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
601
and
graduate
standing.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
ATM
613
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Atmospheric
Radiation
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ATM
413)
Atmospheric
radiation
including
the
fundamentals
of
blackbody
radiation
theory
and
radiative
properties
of
atmospheric
constituents.
Discussion
of
gaseous
absorption
including
line
absorption,
broadening
effects
and
radiative
transfer.
Includes
scattering,
radiative
properties
of
clouds,
and
radiation
climatology.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
601
and
graduate
standing.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ATM
644
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Synoptic
Analysis
and
Forecasting
(3+0)
Weather
systems
and
the
techniques
used
to
understand
and
predict
their
behavior.
Topics
include
atmospheric
observations,
synoptic
analysis
techniques,
satellite
image
interpretation,
kinematics,
fronts
and
frontogenesis,
life
cycles
of
extratropical
cyclones,
mesoscale
phenomena,
numerical
weather
prediction,
and
interpretation
of
forecast
products.
(Prerequisites:
ATM
601
and
645.)
ATM
645
(3
Credits)
Fall
Atmospheric
Dynamics
(Stacked
with
ATM
445)
Examination
of
the
fundamental
forces
and
basic
conservation
laws
that
govern
the
motion
of
the
atmosphere.
Topics
include
momentum,
continuity
equations,
circulation,
vorticity,
thermodynamics,
the
planetary
boundary
layer,
and
synoptic
scale
motions
in
mid-latitudes.
(Prerequisite/co-requisite:
ATM
601
and
graduate
standing.)
ATM
646
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Atmospheric
Dynamics
II
(3+0)
Continuation
of
ATM
645.
Includes
geophysical
fluid
dynamics
as
applied
to
the
atmosphere.
Topics
include
linear
perturbation
theory,
gravity
waves,
Rossby
waves,
numerical
weather
prediction,
baroclinic
instability,
frontogenesis,
general
circulation,
stratospheric
and
tropical
dynamics..
(Prerequisites:
ATM
645
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ATM
656
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Climate
and
Climate
Change
(3+0)
The
climate
of
planet
Earth
and
its
changes
with
time.
Radiative
fluxes,
greenhouse
effects,
energy
budget,
hydrological
cycle,
the
atmospheric
composition
and
climatic
zones.
Physical
and
chemical
reasons
for
climatic
change.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
in
physical
sciences.)
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