MR3610 Modern Climatology

An introduction to physical climatology and its applications. This course examines Earth's climate system, especially major long-term global and regional patterns, and the physical processes that create them, with focus on the application of physical climatology to solve operational DoD problems and analyze and forecast climate variations at intraseasonal and longer time scales. Emphasis placed on support of military operations, past, present and future.

Prerequisite

MR3480, MR3321, MR2200

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

·       Develop understanding of fundamental dynamics responsible for large-scale circulations and variability on Earth.

·       Learn how to use visualization and reanalysis tools to operationally assess climatology of desired quantities anywhere on Earth.

·       Form an understanding of the physics of climate change and its consequences on DoD installations, personnel and global security.