A&O SCI 245Aerosol-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.
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
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
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
A&O SCI 245
- A&O SCI 203BAtmospheric Physics
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. 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.