GEOL 1347 METEOROLOGY Credit: 3 (3 lecture)

Course Description:
The study of the basic principles of weather and climate and the pervasive effects of weather conditions on daily lives, commerce, agriculture, urban planning and other human activity. The course offers basic scientific theory with applications familiar to the student.

Prerequisites
None

Course Goals (includes competencies, incorporation of SCANS, etc.)
This course is designed to convey meteorological concepts and to provide a comprehensive background in basic meteorology.

Instructor Information
Several different instructors may teach this course.

Textbook Information
Meteorology Today, Sixth Edition, by C. Donald Ahrens, Brooks/Cole, 2000

Lab Requirements (if any)
None 

Students with Disabilities
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services Office at the respective college at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office. If you have any questions please contact Donna Price at 713-718-5165 or the Disability Counselor at each college.  

Academic Honesty
Cheating on the written exams will result in failure in the course, and possibly in expulsion from the college.

Attendance and Withdrawal Policies
Individual instructors will provide detailed information in their syllabi provided at the beginning of the course. All applicable rules of HCCS will apply in this course.

Course Requirements and Grading Policy
Individual instructors will provide detailed information in their syllabi provided at the beginning of the course. All applicable rules of HCCS will apply in this course.

Testing

Make-up policy
Individual instructors will provide detailed information in their syllabi provided at the beginning of the course. All applicable rules of HCCS will apply in this course.

Projects, Assignments, Portfolios, Service Learning, Internships, etc.
Course Content
Chapter 1 - The Earth and Its Atmosphere
Chapter 2 - Energy: Warming the Earth and the Atmosphere
Chapter 3 - Seasonal and Daily Temperatures
Chapter 4 - Light, Color, and Atmospheric Optics
Chapter 5 - Atmospheric Moisture
Chapter 6 - Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds
Chapter 7 - Stability and Cloud Development
Chapter 8 - Precipitation
Chapter 9 - The Atmosphere in Motion: Air Pressure, Forces, and Winds
Chapter 10 - Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems
Chapter 11 - Wind: Global Systems
Chapter 12 - Air Masses and Fronts
Chapter 13 - Middle Latitude Cyclones
Chapter 14 - Weather Forecasting
Chapter 15 - Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
Chapter 16 - Hurricanes
Chapter 17 - Air Pollution
Chapter 18 - Global Climate
Chapter 19 - Climate Change

Course Calendar with Reading Assignments
Individual instructors will provide detailed information in their syllabi provided at the beginning of the course. All applicable rules of HCCS will apply in this course.

Other Student Information (clubs, tutoring, web resources, etc.)