The following text is based on a range of disciplines, including meteorology, hydrology, watershed and range management, agricultural chemistry and soils, agricultural economics, botany, zoology, electrical and civil engineering, geography, and geochronology. The majority of students in the Graduate College have had at least an introductory course in meteorology. However, their mathematical preparation varies considerably, with some students having received training through boundary value problems and complex variables, while others have only completed college algebra and have struggled with the material. Consequently, it has proven to be challenging to design a course that would be both useful and engaging for all of these students.

01. Introduction 02. The Climatology of the Hemispheres 03. Solar Radiation 04. Infrared Radiation 05. The Radiation Balance 06. Radiation Instruments 07. The Water Balance and The Hydrologic Cycle 08. The Energy Balance 09. Heat Transfer in Soil 10. Turbulent Transfer and Wind Relationships 11. Evaporation and Evapotranspiration 12. Atmospheric Diffusion 13. Paleoclimatology and Theories Of Climatic Change