A&O SCI 203BAtmospheric Physics
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Strongly recommended: course 145 or 200C or prior upper-division undergraduate course on atmospheric physics or radiative transfer. Principles of radiative transfer; absorption, emission, and scattering of solar and infrared radiation; radiation budget consideration; scattering and absorption by aerosols; radiative forcings of clouds/aerosols and climate feedback.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
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 203B
- A&O SCI 225Advanced Topics in Aerosol Chemistry and Physics
- A&O SCI 244AAtmospheric Radiation
- A&O SCI 244BRadiation and Climate
- A&O SCI 245Aerosol-Climate Interactions
4 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 4 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.