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Prescott Campus - College of Aviation

Meteorology Department


Around 600 students annually take meteorology classes offered by the Department of Meteorology. The department administers the Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Meteorology, which provides a practical understanding of the physics and dynamics of the atmosphere and prepares the graduate for a range of meteorologist and weather forecasting positions in government or the private sector. This degree meets the requirements for a meteorology degree recommended by the American Meteorological Society. A minor in Aviation Weather is also offered.

Department faculty are committed to quality teaching in small classes and to promoting integrity in educational activities. Research activities within the Department include studies of mid-latitude cyclones, orographic precipitation, weather radar, the southwest monsoon and cirrus clouds. The department is housed in a modern academic complex, with access to computer-equipped classrooms, a synoptic lab and weather center and a variety of rooftop weather observing equipment.

Realtime Weather Data from the weather center on top of AC1
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Academic Complex 1The new high-tech Academic Complex, houses the Meteorology Department and a Weather Center. The complex makes a variety of weather data available for education, research, and general interest. Weather servers will continuously acquire real-time weather data and forecasts from across a wide-area network of public and commercial agencies such as the National Weather Service and Unisys Weather as well as meteorology departments of major universities.

In addition, a rooftop array of weather instrumentation monitors local weather. "The Weather Center on the first floor will display hard-copy maps and digital readouts of the real-time weather data feeds for use in weather briefing and forecasting," said meteorology professor Curtis James. "Specially designed classrooms and labs provide forecasting and data analysis on student computer terminals and overhead projection systems."

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