Dorian J. Burnette, Ph.D.
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3D Radar Image of Greensburg, KS Tornadic Supercell

3D Radar Image of a Tornadic Supercell
Greensburg, KS EF5 Tornado
9:54 p.m. CDT, 4 May 2007

El Año de Hambre, AD 1785-1786

El Año de Hambre (Year of Hunger), AD 1785-1786
Tree-Ring Reconstructed Jun-Aug PDSI
Mexican Drought Atlas

Atmospheric processes and geographic distribution of radiation, moisture, pressure, and circulation interacting to create weather systems and storms; oceanic influences, earth-sun relationships, global climate patterns; human interaction with atmosphere. Laboratory exercises, observations, and experiments designed to apply scientific methods.

Prerequisite: None

Descriptive account of the physical processes important in the formation of blizzards, ice storms, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and heat waves.

Prerequisite: ESCI 1010

Climatic elements and methods of data analysis; applications of climatology in agriculture, health, economics, and architecture.

Prerequisites: ESCI 1010, MATH 1710, and PHYS 2010 or permission of instructor

Components of earth's energy balance, emphasis on solar radiation, heat transfer, and evapotranspiration.

Prerequisites: ESCI 1010 and PHYS 2110

  • Availability: Unknown

Physical processes in the atmosphere applied to analysis and interpretation of synoptic (regional) scale systems using weather maps, upper-air soundings, satellite and radar imagery, and computer model output. Introduction to techniques used in weather forecasting.

Prerequisites: ESCI 1010, MATH 1710, and PHYS 2010 or permission of instructor

Characteristics of natural systems; magnitude of human alteration of environmental systems; history of natural change in climate and landscape; impact of changes.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

An introduction to the quantitative methods used by geographers. We will discuss the nature of geographic datasets, ways in which numerical data may be presented, and statistical measures, tests, and modeling. This course is not about how to derive or solve equations. Instead, it is a combination of lecture and exercises with an emphasis on application. Students will gain experience with statistical scripting languages, specifically SAS and R, to apply quantitative methods to the broad field of geography.

Prerequisite: None

This is an interdisciplinary class, framed within a research project, investigating the theme of urban resilience in relation to surface water-related issues, especially flash flooding. Cross-listed with PLAN and CIVL.

Prerequisite: None

This is an interdisciplinary class, framed within a research project, investigating the theme of urban resilience in relation to surface water-related issues, especially flash flooding. Cross-listed with PLAN and CIVL.

Prerequisite: None

Advanced study in the physical processes important in the formation of blizzards, ice storms, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and heat waves. Reconstruction of past extreme weather events.

Prerequisite: ESCI 6216 or permission of instructor

This is a course that can cover a wide range of topics in the interdisciplinary field of geography. The topic for this semester is Climate Change Science and Impacts—the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC AR6). After introductory lectures, students will read selections of the IPCC AR6 Working Group 1 and 2 reports, published in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Each student will lead multiple class discussions, receive a working knowledge of the various datasets used to study climate variability and change, and complete a written assignment.

Prerequisites: None

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