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Dr. DeCaria’s Course Notes

Alex DeCaria
Department of Earth Sciences
Office:  Caputo Hall 410
Phone:  871-4739
alex.decaria@millersville.edu

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    • ESCI 107/109 – The Atmosphere/The Atmosphere with Lab
    • ESCI 241 – Meteorology
    • ESCI 340 – Cloud Physics and Precipitation Processes
    • ESCI 341 – Atmospheric Thermodynamics
    • ESCI 342 – Atmospheric Dynamics I
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    ESCI 344 – Tropical Meteorology

    1. Introduction to the Tropics
    2. Tropical Cyclones: Definitions and Warnings
    3. General Circulation
    4. Seasonal-mean Wind Fields
    5. Tropical Cyclones: Climatology
    6. Local and Diurnal Circulations
    7. Temperature, Clouds, and Rain
    8. Tropical Weather Systems
    9. The Tropical Oceans
    10. Tropical Cyclone Structure
    11. Tropical Cyclones: Formation and Maintenance
    12. Tropical Cyclones: Movement
    13. Monsoons
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