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The
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  The University
of Georgia Atmospheric Sciences Program
was founded in January 2000. The hallmark of the UGA program is its flexibility to meet the needs of students.
The program offers undergraduate and graduate Certificates in Atmospheric
Sciences. Students earning the
undergraduate certificate exceed the curriculum recommended by the American Meteorological Society and meet the
educational requirements for employment by the National Weather Service. A certificate in
atmospheric sciences is designed to help you develop an understanding of
the atmosphere and the processes and phenomena that result in various types
of weather, the spatial and temporal patterns of weather, and the variability of climate.
The undergraduate certificate requires 21 semester hours of atmospheric
sciences or related course at the 3000/4000 level.
Supporting course work includes calculus, differential equations,
calculus-based physics, chemistry, and computer science. Any UGA undergraduate student, regardless of major, may be accepted
into the Atmospheric Sciences Program. Some common majors include agriculture, engineering, environmental health,
forest resources, geography, journalism, marine sciences, physics and astronomy, and statistics.
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Graduates with a certificate in atmospheric sciences may
secure employment as forecasters with the National Weather Service, as
radio and television broadcasters, with the armed forces weather service,
with private weather consulting firms and in research positions with energy and
environmental agencies in both the government and private industry.
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Interested
individuals should consult the prospective
students section of this web site for
detailed information.
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Automated Weather Stations and the Climate Research Lab
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The graduate
certificate program is open to UGA graduate students in agricultural,
biological, earth, engineering, physical,
and statistical sciences. The graduate certificate program requires 15
semester hours of atmospheric or related sciences courses
beyond the undergraduate core and 3 semester hours of advanced analytical
techniques. The thesis or dissertation must have a major
atmospheric sciences component. Interested persons should consult the prospective students section of this web site.
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Research
strengths of the program are in agricultural & micrometeorology,
applied climatology & meteorology, atmospheric chemistry & air quality, dynamic & physical climatology,
hydrometeorology, and statistical climatology.
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