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HYMMS - Hydrometeorology

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Hydrology & Atmospheric SciGraduate Degree SeekingMS - Master of Science

Overview

Program Requirements

Completion requirement

33

Completion requirement

Minimum credits: 33
Core coursework: UNDERGRADUATE COURSE PREREQUISITES FOR ADMISSION:
1 year college chemistry sequence
1 year college physics sequence
1 course in fluid mechanics or aerodynamics
1 course in calculus-based statistics for physical sciences or engineering
Math courses: calculus 1, calculus 2, vector calculus, introductory differential equations

CORE COURSES

  • ATMO 541A Dynamic Meteorology I (3 units)

  • ATMO 551A Physical Meteorology I (3 units)

  • HWRS 519 Fundamentals in Surface Water Hydrology (3 units)

  • HWRS 524 Hydroclimatology (3 units)

Completion requirement

REQUIRED ELECTIVE COURSES*

Students must take 6 units from each of the three areas listed below

1) Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction (6 units)

  • ATMO 558 Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling (3 units)

  • ATMO 579 Boundary Layer Meteorology (3 units)                

  • ATMO 551B Dynamic Meteorology II (3 units)

  • ATMO 570/571Synoptic Meteorology (3 units)

2) Systems Science and Methods (6 units)

  • HWRS 528 Fund. Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling   (3 units)

  • ATMO 545 Intro to Data Assimilation (3 units)

3) Data Sciences (6 units)

  • ARL 590 Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth (3 units)

  • ATMO 529 Objective Analysis in Atmos. and Related Sciences (3 units)

  • HWRS 513A Field Hydrology (3 units)

  • CE 528 Numerical methods in Hydraulics (3 units)

   

*If the elective courses are not offered in a particular semester, the student may take an alternative related course after approval of his/her Advisor.

 

Students are required to take a minimum 3 units of ATMO/HWRS 910 for thesis research credit.


*If the elective course is not offered in a particular semester (e.g. if instructor is on sabbatical leave), the student may take an alternative related course after approval by his/her faculty advisor.

**Consult faculty advisor for details

Completion requirement

Other requirements: A master's-level research project is required which should result in publication (preferred) or a master's thesis. A final oral examination defending the research (publication or thesis) is required. The three-person faculty committee examining the student will consist of the student's primary faculty adivsor, one primary faculty member in hydrology from the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, and one primary faculty member in atmospheric sciences from the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences.

Completion requirement