Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General. Academic Program Description
A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of the atmospheric envelopes surrounding the earth, the effect of earth's atmosphere on terrestrial weather, and related problems of environment and climate. Includes instruction in atmospheric chemistry and physics, atmospheric dynamics, climatology and climate change, weather simulation, weather forecasting, climate modeling and mathematical theory; and studies of specific phenomena such as clouds, weather systems, storms, and precipitation patterns.
Related Occupations
- Atmospheric and Space Scientists
- Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers
- Natural Sciences Managers
Colleges Offering this Curriculum
- Colorado State University
- Community College of the Air Force
- Cornell University
- Creighton University
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach
- Florida State University
- George Mason University
- Howard University
- Jackson State University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania
- Naval Postgraduate School
- New York University
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh
- Northern Illinois University
- Northland College
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
- Oregon State University
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
- Plymouth State University
- Princeton University
- SUNY College at Brockport
- SUNY College at Oneonta
- SUNY College at Oswego
- SUNY Maritime College
- SUNY at Albany
- Saint Louis University-Main Campus
- San Jose State University
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Stony Brook University
- Texas A & M University
- Texas Tech University
- United States Air Force Academy
- University of Alabama in Huntsville
- University of Alaska Fairbanks
- University of Arizona
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of California-Davis
- University of California-Los Angeles
- University of Delaware
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Kansas Main Campus
- University of Louisiana at Monroe
- University of Maryland-College Park
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln
- University of Nevada-Reno
- University of North Carolina at Asheville
- University of North Dakota
- University of Washington - Seattle
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Wyoming
- Valparaiso University
- Western Connecticut State University