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GEOG-3504: Severe Weather

Description: An introduction into mesoscale environments favoring the development of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, the analysis of moisture, instability and shear parameters associated with severe weather events. Thunderstorm life-cycles, analysis of thermodynamic diagrams, role of wind shear and associated convective mode, hail production and forecasting, tornadogenesis and research.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: GEOG-2505

Required By: GEOG-4514, GEOG-4504, MTRG-3524

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 14

Average GPA: 3.65 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 68.93%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.17%

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