Prerequisites: MATH 007B or MATH 009B or MATH 09HB; PHYS 002B or PHYS 02HB or PHYS 040B or PHYS 040HB; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor
Description: A quantitative overview of the atmospheric structure, composition, climate, evolution, and circulation of planets within and outside the solar system. Focus areas include hydrostatic equilibrium, convection and lapse rates, photochemistry, escape processes, radiative transfer and spectroscopy, atmospheric formation, and basic fluid mechanics applied to circulation.
Credit: Credit is awarded for one of the following GEO 184 or GEO 284.