Principles of global climate modeling. A hierarchy of modeling
approaches, conceptual models, empirical/statistical models, analytical
models, and simple and complex numerical models. Verification,
interpretation and visualization of model output, numerical techniques
and methods. Review of objective analysis techniques commonly applied to
atmospheric problems. Development of the Precipitation-Runoff-Modeling
Systems (PRMS), the Snowmelt Runoff Model (SRM), and others meso- and
regional models. Modeling seasonal cycles of snow cover. Prereq: GEOG
405/505 and STAT 251, or perm.
