A&O SCI 200BIntroduction to Dynamics of Earth System
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Overview of processes that determine dynamics of Earth system and contribute to its change including global and meridional energy balance; radiative-convective equilibrium; surface processes; planetary boundary layers; global atmospheric circulation; hydrological cycle; global ocean circulation; El Niño—Southern Oscillation and other climate variability modes; paleoclimate; climate sensitivity; climate variability and change; Earth’s carbon cycle (atmosphere, ocean, land), and space physics.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
A&O SCI 200B
- A&O SCI 213Global Circulation of Atmosphere
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.