Apr 04, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

ATM 205 - Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences


A study of the nature and causes of atmospheric phenomena, along with basic physical and chemical processes and energetics. Topics include composition and structure of the atmosphere, atmospheric thermodynamics, hydrostatics, solar and terrestrial radiation, cloud and precipitation processes, elementary dynamics, atmospheric wind and pressure patterns, and severe storms.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): MAT 125  or MAT 131  or 141 or AMS 151  

Pre- or corequisite: ENS 119 /PHY 119  or PHY 121  or PHY 125  or PHY 131 /PHY 133  or PHY 141 

DEC: E

SBC: STEM+