A&O SCI 229Mesoscale Modeling
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Numerical and analytical modeling of convective and mesoscale motions, from shallow heat sources to large complex systems. Model frameworks, assumptions, parameterizations, and solution techniques. Role of modeling efforts in understanding dynamic structure and behavior of systems.
S/U (for majors with consent of instructor after successful completion of written and oral comprehensive examination and for nonmajors at discretion of major department) or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 201C, C228.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
A&O SCI 229
- A&O SCI 201CAtmospheric and Oceanic Turbulence
- A&O SCI 200AIntroduction to Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid
- A&O SCI C228Mesometeorology
- A&O SCI 101Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields3 more beneath
- PHYSICS 5BPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics1 more beneath
- PHYSICS 5CPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Electricity, Magnetism, and Modern Physics1 more beneath
2 direct requisites. Showing 11 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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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.