METO 112 Meteorology Laboratory
In this
laboratory course, students will analyze basic meteorological data to study
atmospheric phenomena. The construction and analysis of weather maps will be
used with an emphasis on weather forecasting.
Prerequisite
Pre- or corequisite:
METO 111
Hours Weekly
2 hours lab weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Communicate fundamental concepts in meteorology using appropriate vocabulary, units,
symbols, and notations, including the basic coding and depiction of meteorological
information on a weather map, using real-time data. - 2. Apply scientific principles, scientific reasoning, and appropriate mathematical techniques to
solve quantitative problems pertaining to, but not limited to, measurement, unit conversion,
gas laws, density and buoyancy, heat transfer, air pressure, adiabatic heating and cooling,
wind chill, and weather forecasting. - 3. Assess the status of the weather at a given location, analyzing temperature, pressure,
precipitation, dew point, and relative humidity data, to include interpreting METAR/station
code, basic isopleths, depictions of pressure systems, and fronts, for surface as well as
upper air maps. - 4. Balance a basic earth’s heat budget and perform basic stability exercises to determine
conditional instability, using the physical concepts of density/buoyancy, stability, heat
transfer, air pressure, adiabatic cooling and heating, relative humidity, and dewpoint. - 5. Discriminate the steps of cyclogenesis, while examining weather maps from the surface and
upper air, to diagnose mid-latitude low pressure formation and strengthening, as well as to
determine current and forecasted weather conditions associated with these lows. - 6. Assess the meaning, utility, and accuracy of forecasts by understanding the basic concept of
weather forecasting and utilizing online-based weather resources and forecasts. - 7. Classify global climates using the Koeppen-Geiger scheme, and explain local effects
resulting from the El Nino Southern Oscillation. - 8. Evaluate and explain the reasonableness of solutions to problems in meteorology.
Course Objectives
- 1. Communicate fundamental concepts in meteorology using appropriate vocabulary, units,
symbols, and notations, including the basic coding and depiction of meteorological
information on a weather map, using real-time data. - 2. Apply scientific principles, scientific reasoning, and appropriate mathematical techniques to
solve quantitative problems pertaining to, but not limited to, measurement, unit conversion,
gas laws, density and buoyancy, heat transfer, air pressure, adiabatic heating and cooling,
wind chill, and weather forecasting. - 3. Assess the status of the weather at a given location, analyzing temperature, pressure,
precipitation, dew point, and relative humidity data, to include interpreting METAR/station
code, basic isopleths, depictions of pressure systems, and fronts, for surface as well as
upper air maps. - 4. Balance a basic earth’s heat budget and perform basic stability exercises to determine
conditional instability, using the physical concepts of density/buoyancy, stability, heat
transfer, air pressure, adiabatic cooling and heating, relative humidity, and dewpoint. - 5. Discriminate the steps of cyclogenesis, while examining weather maps from the surface and
upper air, to diagnose mid-latitude low pressure formation and strengthening, as well as to
determine current and forecasted weather conditions associated with these lows. - 6. Assess the meaning, utility, and accuracy of forecasts by understanding the basic concept of
weather forecasting and utilizing online-based weather resources and forecasts. - 7. Classify global climates using the Koeppen-Geiger scheme, and explain local effects
resulting from the El Nino Southern Oscillation. - 8. Evaluate and explain the reasonableness of solutions to problems in meteorology.