A&O SCI 145Atmospheric Physics: Radiation, Clouds, and Aerosols
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
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.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C, or 6A, 6B, and 6C.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.45 · from text- · "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
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fieldsanother path to it
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
3 direct requisites. Showing 23 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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.