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Fundamentals of Weather

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Description

This course has six units:

  1. How the sun causes weather: deals mainly with the atmosphere.
  2. What causes the wind to blow: explains atmospheric pressure.
  3. Water in the atmosphere: covers the various forms of precipitation and fog.
  4. Clouds, Signposts of the Skies: includes the most common types and how they develop.
  5. Fronts and Frontal Weather: what they are and the weather that is associated with them.
  6. Thunderstorms and tornadoes: covers atmospheric stability and instability.

Cost

$75.00. It includes student notes, homework folder, homework answers, cloud chart, state of the sea chart and mapping weather booklet.

Availability

January 18, 2005, for 7 weeks.

Starts January 18, 2005