Course Course Summary Section 1 Content Section 1 Content Left Section 1 Content Right Credit Type: Course ACE ID: SDCM-0174 Organization's ID: Earth Science 104 Organization: Study.com, LLC Location: Online Length: Self-Paced. 17 weeks (40 hours) Dates Offered: 5/1/2024 - 4/30/2027 5/1/2021 - 4/30/2024 3/1/2018 - 4/30/2021 Credit Recommendation & Competencies Section 2 Content Section 2 Content Left Section 2 Content Right Level Credits (SH) Subject Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 Introduction to Meteorology Description Section 3 Content Section 3 Content Left Section 3 Content Right Objective: The course objective is to identify and explain topics in meteorology such as types of severe weather, solar radiation's effect on Earth, air pressure, and skew-T diagrams. Learning Outcomes: Understand earth's atmospheric composition including the past, present, and future composition of the atmosphere and compare properties of earth's atmospheric levels in terms of temperature, composition, and role. Analyze how earth's tilt and rotation affect the magnitude of solar radiation at a particular location as well as define seasons on earth. Outline the process of how atmospheric moisture and processes lead to cloud and precipitation formation and explain how stability, lapse rates, lift, and CCN's affect cloud and precipitation production. Explain earth's pressure circulation patterns and how differential heating creates pressure gradients. Analyze Skew-T diagrams to determine stability indices, key atmospheric levels, and potential weather events. Summarize air masses, fronts & midlatitude cyclones including how they form and affect weather patterns while also explaining the characteristics, formation, and causes of various storm types. Understand how weather forecasts are made including how products and models are used to create weather maps that are analyzed to make a forecast. Distinguish between the several factors that impact climate on earth and how these factors interact to create a region or locations climate. Explain earth's changing climate and how models are used to predict how earth's climate will change in the future. Explain key atmospheric variables and concepts and form a concrete understanding of these terms to use in future application of more complex topics. General Topics: Meteorology Terms & Key Concepts Structure & Layers of Earth's Atmosphere Solar Radiation's Effect on Earth Atmospheric Moisture & Cloud Formation Air Pressure & Wind Skew-T Diagrams & Atmospheric Instability Air Masses, Fronts & Midlatitude Cyclones Severe Weather Types Overview Forecasting Methods in Meteorology Climate & Climate Change Instruction & Assessment Section 4 Content Section 4 Content Left Section 4 Content Right Instructional Strategies: Audio Visual Materials Methods of Assessment: Examinations Quizzes Minimum Passing Score: 70% Supplemental Materials Section 5 Content Section 5 Content Left Section 5 Content Right Section 6 Content Section 6 Content Left Section 6 Content Right Button Content Rail Content 1 Other offerings from Study.com, LLC Accounting 101: Financial Accounting (SDCM-0075) Accounting 102: Introduction to Managerial Accounting (SDCM-0076) Accounting 201: Intermediate Financial Accounting I (SDCM-0124) Accounting 202: Intermediate Accounting II (SDCM-0152) Accounting 301: Applied Managerial Accounting (SDCM-0077) Accounting 302: Advanced Accounting (SDCM-0078) Accounting 303: Cost Accounting (SDCM-0105) Analytics 103: Intro to Relational Databases & SQL (SDCM-0240) Art 103: History of Western Art I (SDCM-0167) Art 104: History of Western Art II (SDCM-0168) View All Courses Page Content