ATOC 1060
Understanding environmental problems; making effective use of technical information; applicable to general environmental problems; applicable to air quality issues; applicable to water resource issues; applicable to natural hazards.
This course covers the climate of the Earth for non-science majors, focusing on the role of the atmosphere and oceans in the climate system. Descriptions of climate system energy flow, atmosphere and ocean global circulations, El-Nino, monsoons and natural and human-caused climate change. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural sciences.