Fundamentals of radar meteorology. Quantitative description of cumulus convection, multicell and supercell storms, mesoscale convective systems, tropical cyclones, planetary boundary layer, local circulations (thermal/terrain forcing), downslope windstorms. Emphasis is placed on using observed characteristics to develop physical and dynamical understanding of phenomena over a range of scales.

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