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Earth Science - Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes

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Overview

This course covers the topics of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. The learning outcomes include understanding the occurrence, development stages, and characteristics of thunderstorms, supercells, tornadoes, and hurricanes. The course teaches about tornado development, tornado climatology, tornado destruction, hurricane climatology, hurricane formation, decay, and destruction. The teaching method involves lectures with supplementary videos. The intended audience for this course is individuals interested in learning about severe weather phenomena.

Syllabus

Intro
THUNDERSTORM OCCURRENCE
STAGES OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
SUPERCELLS
TORNADOES
TORNADO DEVELOPMENT
TORNADO CLIMATOLOGY
TORNADO DESTRUCTION
HURRICANE CLIMATOLOGY
PROFILE OF A HURRICANE
HURRICANE FORMATION
HURRICANE DECAY
HURRICANE DESTRUCTION

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