A&O SCI C228Mesometeorology
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Observations of phenomena with length scales ranging from 20 km to 2,000 km. Topics include polar lows, airmass thunderstorms, multicell storms, supercell tornadoes, gust fronts, downbursts, microbursts, and dry line. Discussions on design of field project. Concurrently scheduled with course C115.
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
Requisite: course 101.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
A&O SCI C228
- A&O SCI 101Fundamentals of Atmospheric Dynamics and Thermodynamics
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- PHYSICS 5BPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics
- PHYSICS 5CPhysics for Life Sciences Majors: Electricity, Magnetism, and Modern Physics
1 direct requisite. Showing 16 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
A&O SCI C228
- A&O SCI 229Mesoscale Modeling
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.