AOE-4674: Upper Atmosphere/Ionosphere Space Weather
Description: Interaction of Earth’s upper atmosphere and space environment with spacecraft: processes that affect atmospheric density relevant to spacecraft orbit decay; basic composition and structure; radiation and radiative transfer; atmospheric energy balance; atmospheric chemistry and ion production/loss mechanisms; fundamental concepts of Solar-terrestrial physics including ionospheric Chapman theory; atmospheric energy/mass transport; ionospheric electrodynamics; ionospheric storms; planetary atmospheres/ionospheres; instrumentation.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Sections Taught: 4
Average GPA: 3.39 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.53%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%
| Scott L England | 2024 | 53.0% | 41.6% | 5.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.39 | 4 |