Track 2: Climate

This track provides additional background in oceanography and glaciology so that a student has a widened perspective of the climate system. In addition to the core classes, students take the following courses:

ATM S 442: Atmospheric Motions II (5)
OCEAN 200: Introduction to Oceanography (3)
OCEAN 210: Ocean Circulation (3)
ESS 431: Principles of Glaciology (3)
STAT 390: Probability and Statistics in Engineering and Science (4)
Recommended degree plan

Additional “recommended” classes for this option:

ATM S 587: Climate Dynamics
ATM S 588: Global Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases
OCEAN 420: Physical Processes in the Ocean
ATM S 451: Instruments and Observations
ATM S 505: Fluid Dynamics
ATM S 492: Research/Independent Study

UW undergraduates took observations on the NOAA research vessel Ron Brown
in the tropical Pacific during the KWAJEX field experiment.

Track 1 - Meteorology | Track 2 - Climate | Track 3 - Atmos Chem & Air Quality

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