Develop expertise in understanding and predicting weather and climate systems through research opportunities in the doctoral program in atmospheric science. Your faculty mentors will push you to think about atmospheric theories, concepts and processes in new ways. You will learn to use research to answer questions that atmospheric scientists face today.The PhD in Atmospheric Science provides students opportunities to contribute to innovative, international-caliber research in the areas of radar and satellite remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry and air pollution, radiative transfer, microwave radiometry, cloud processes and microphysics, mesoscale meteorology, severe storms, tropical cyclones, numerical modeling, machine learning, and climate-change modeling and measurements. Doctoral candidates come from a variety of disciplines and have in common a sound background in the fundamentals of applied physics, chemistry, mathematics and data analysis and an interest in complex natural phenomena. Graduates are prepared to be national and international leaders in atmospheric science research, teaching, and private enterprise.