A&O SCI 145

Atmospheric Physics: Radiation, Clouds, and Aerosols

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Theory and application of atmospheric radiation, aerosol, and cloud processes. Topics include radiative transport, cloud and rain formation, aerosol properties, impact of aerosol and clouds on climate.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Spring 2026
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C, or 6A, 6B, and 6C.

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all of

· "PHYSICS 6A" is not in this catalog version
· "PHYSICS 6B" is not in this catalog version
· "PHYSICS 6C" is not in this catalog version
· mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C, or 6A, 6B, and 6C" — grouping is a best reading

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

A&O SCI 145

PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
  - MATH 1Precalculus
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.