Laboratory for Atmospheric Research

LAR Graduate Courses

Courses

Graduate students in LAR typically take the following core classes:

  • CE 515 Environmental Measurements - Theory and laboratory measurement techniques used in analyzing environmental quality parameters.
  • CE 571 Introduction to Meteorology – Introduction to meteorology, the atmospheric processes, weather, air pollution, and environmental topics.
  • CE 588 Atmospheric Micrometeorology and Air quality modeling - Theory and practice of air quality modeling with an emphasis on principles of atmospheric pollutant dispersion and regulatory air quality models.
  • CE 589 Atmospheric Chemistry - Processes of removal of pollutants from the atmosphere; radical chain reactions, particle formation, model calculations.
  • CE 508 Air Pollution Control Technology - Measurement and control of air pollution; engineering design calculations; equipment and process.
  • CE 590 Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere - Concepts of radiative transfer and molecular spectra in the troposphere and stratosphere with applications to trace gas measurements.
  • CE 540 Advanced instrumentation - Theory and methods of analysis of water and air for contaminants using electro-metic, spectrophotometric, and chromatographic techniques.


Students interested in the Atmospheric Policy Trajectory (APT sequence)

  • ESRP 550 Systems Modeling – Introduction to the use of system dynamics models to understand and manage environmental systems.
  • CE 543 – Science and Public Policy Seminar Series


More information can be found here: CEE Graduate Program.

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