<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Global distribution of climate regimes with spatial scales smaller than 100 km. Mechanisms maintaining regional climate variation against larger-scale atmospheric and climate gradients. Regional climate/ecosystem/human system interactions. S/U or letter grading.</p>

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

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College of Letters and Science

The department offers a broad curriculum in dynamic and synoptic meteorology, atmospheric physics and chemistry, and upper atmosphere and space physics.

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Regional Climate Dynamics

A&O SCI 217

4 units