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Fall 2016
Mar 28, 2024
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EAPS 40900 - Application Of Computers To Meteorology
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed for students in the atmospheric sciences who have limited programming experience. Basic principle of programming will be taught, including the use of loops, conditional statements, and subroutines using various programming languages or analytical software. Examples will be orientated towards meteorological applications, and include the visualization of meteorological data and the use of NetCDF files. Numerical techniques such as linear interpolation, finite differencing, and numerical integration will also be taught. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

Syllabus Available
Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture

Offered By: College of Science
Department: Dept Erth Atmos & Planetry Sci

Course Attributes:
Upper Division

May be offered at any of the following campuses:     
      West Lafayette

Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn to write code using various programming languages or analytical software, such as FOTRAN90 or MATLAB. 2. Become familiar with the NetCDF format and how to use an analytical software to visualize these data. 3. Become familiar with basic numerical techniques including linear interpolation, finite differencing, and numerical integration. 4. Leave the course with a module of subroutines that may be useful in future research.


Prerequisites:
Undergraduate level EAPS 42100 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level EAPS 43100 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level AGRY 43100 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level AGRY 44100 Minimum Grade of D-

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