A&O SCI 245
Aerosol-Climate Interactions
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Study of how aerosols can affect weather and climate by interacting with clouds through their potential to act as cloud condensation or ice nuclei and with radiation through their ability to scatter and absorb solar and terrestrial radiation. Origin of large uncertainty estimates attributed to aerosol-cloud and aerosol-radiation interactions in climate change assessments. Structured around reading and discussion of scientific publications.
S/U or letter grading.
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 203B. Recommended requisite: course 203A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textBruinTree reads · Recommended
needs reviewconfidence 0.90 · from text- · "A&O SCI 203A" is not in this catalog version
Requires
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A&O SCI 245
- A&O SCI 203BAtmospheric Physics
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