EAS 4560 Mesoscale Meteorology
Spring. 3 credits. Prerequisites: EAS 3410 and 3420 or permission of instructor. S. J. Colucci.
Structure and dynamics of midlatitude mesoscale weather systems such as fronts, jets, squall lines, convective complexes, precipitation bands, downslope windstorms, mountain breezes, seas breeze circulations, and lake effect snowstorms. The course also considers tropical weather systems and mesoscale modeling.