ProgramCIP 40.0403
Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics
A program that focuses on the scientific study of the processes governing the interactions, movement, and behavior of atmospheric phenomena and related terrestrial and solar phenomena. Includes instruction in cloud and precipitation physics, solar radiation transfer, active and passive remote sensing, atmospheric electricity and acoustics, atmospheric wave phenomena, turbulence and boundary layers, solar wind, geomagnetic storms, coupling, natural plasma, and energization.
Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).
Also called Magnetospheric Physics, Aeronomy, Ionospheric Environment.
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- English Language3 of 3
- Computers and Electronics3 of 3
- Mathematics2 of 3
- Physics2 of 3
- Biology2 of 3
- Chemistry2 of 3
- Education and Training1 of 3
- Geography1 of 3
- Administration and Management1 of 3
- Administrative1 of 3
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