PH5640 Atmospheric Physics ... (3-0-0) f ... 3Cr

Cross listed with ATM5640

Offered in alternate years starting Fall 2008.


Course Description:
Essential elements of atmospheric physics, including thermodynamics, (e.g. adiabatic processes, phase transformatinos, stratification), aerosol and cloud physics (e.g. nucleation, Kohler theory, growth by condensation and collection), and radiative transfer (e.g. Beer's law, transfer equations with and without scattering).

Prerequisite: MA3530 and PH2300 Restrictions: Graduate standing