PHYS 622 - Atmospheric Physics II

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Physical meteorology, including atmospheric aerosols and cloud physics; introduction to atmospheric radiative transfer, including blackbody theory, Kirchoff’s law, description of molecular absorption, Rayleigh and description of Mie scattering; simple solutions to the radiative transfer equation; and other selected topics, time permitting (e.g., atmospheric electricity, climatology, atmospheric chemistry).
When Offered: (Spring)
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PHYS 621, PHYS 601, PHYS 602, PHYS 605 and PHYS 607.