气象学与大气科学理学学士-天气风险管理

天气和气候是经济活动和金融风险的基本驱动力。天气影响广泛的行业，包括能源，农业，保险，建筑，零售和运输等。天气和气候变化在水资源的可获得性，疾病的传播以及对人类福祉至关重要的一系列其他过程中起着核心作用。因此，许多组织面临与天气有关的风险，并且需要能够帮助他们管理这些风险的专家。“天气风险管理”选件是为希望在此气象学和风险管理的交汇处专业工作的学生而设计的。该选件将气象学和大气科学与风险，金融和决策方面的培训相结合。
This option prepares students for careers in which their skills as weather forecasters are effectively used in a variety of ways, from science reporting and television broadcasting to web design and computer-based weather graphics production, and developing innovative applications of weather and climate data to industry.<br>Meteorology and atmospheric science is a rigorous scientific discipline devoted to the attainment of an increased understanding of the atmosphere and the development of methods for applying that knowledge to practical problems. Although this field is usually associated with weather prediction, it also has significance in environmental, energy, agricultural, oceanic, and hydrological sciences. For students wishing to pursue many of these areas, the department offers several options within the major.<br><br>The major requires a solid foundation in mathematics and the physical sciences, and it provides a comprehensive survey of the fundamentals of atmospheric science. It has sufficient flexibility to permit intensive advanced study in such related areas as mathematics, Earth sciences, or engineering. The department has particular strengths in weather analysis and prediction, including forecast uncertainty and severe weather, physical meteorology, including radar meteorology, instrumentation and atmospheric measurements, and applied areas, including atmospheric diffusion, air pollution chemistry, dynamic meteorology, tropical meteorology, climate, weather risk, and remote sensing.