7 courses with the subject METE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
METE 201Meteorology for Mariners
2 class hours, 2 laboratory hours, 3 credits. Structure and composition of the atmosphere; atmospheric radiation; forces and winds; general circulation; moisture; atmospheric stability; polar front and wave cyclone theory; marine weather observations; elements of weather forecasting and ship routing. In compliance with international STCW requirements, there will be no D or D+ grades in this course. SUNY-GER: Natural Sciences. [Fall and Spring]
3 class hours, 2 laboratory hours, 4 credits. Surface and upper-air circulation systems, vorticity and divergence, thickness and hydrostatics, air masses and fronts, moisture and stability, theory of weather forecasting. Plotting and analysis of surface and upper-air charts, use of thermodynamic diagrams, dynamic and non-dynamic forecast techniques, scales of motion, weather analysis and forecasting using NMC charts operationally available. [Fall - Odd Years]
2 class hours, 2 laboratory hours, 3 credits Tropical circulation; stream function and analysis; trade wind features; the ITCZ; tropical disturbances; easterly waves; tropical vortices; the monsoon; the hurricane problem; man and the hurricane; damage; recent research.
3 class hours, 3 credits. Thermodynamics of gases and applications to meteorology; atmospheric hydrostatics and thickness; thermodynamics of water vapor and moist air; elements of cloud physics. Hydrodynamics of fluids and applications to meteorology; The Equation of Motion; continuity; divergence and vertical motion; The Vorticity Equation; elements of quasi- geostrophic theory [Spring - Even Years]
2 class hours, 2 laboratory hours, 3 credits. Quasi-geostrophic forecast theory, elements of numerical weather prediction; short range forecasting and nowcasting; operational forecasting using NMC charts, radar, and satellite pictures. 2024-25 Undergraduate Course 64
3 class hours, 3 credits. Theoretical and/or experimental investigation of contemporary topics or problems in meteorology. 2024-25 Undergraduate Course 65
